Parasitemia (Noun)
Meaning
A condition in which parasites are present in the blood.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- The patient's parasitemia was caused by a severe malaria infection that had been left untreated for weeks.
- Epidemiologists study the levels of parasitemia in a population to understand the prevalence of certain diseases.
- After returning from a trip to a tropical country, the traveler was diagnosed with parasitemia due to a parasite that is common in that region.
- The research team discovered a new species of parasite that caused a unique type of parasitemia, which they described in a scientific paper.
- In areas with poor sanitation and hygiene, the risk of parasitemia is much higher due to the increased presence of disease-carrying vectors.