Associations to the word «Myiasis»

Wiktionary

MYIASIS, noun. (medicine) The infestation of a living vertebrate by maggots.

Dictionary definition

MYIASIS, noun. Infestation of the body by the larvae of flies (usually through a wound or other opening) or any disease resulting from such infestation.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats