Bancroftiasis
bancroftiasis
bancroftiasis ban·crof·ti·a·sis (bān’krôf-tī’ə-sĭs, bāng’-) or ban·crof·to·sis (-tō’sĭs)
n.
A disease caused by infestation with Wuchereria bancrofti.
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