See Also: giardia(medicine)
Giardia(health)
giardia(dictionary)
Giardia intestinalis(medicine)
Giardia lamblia(medicine)
Giardia lamblia(health)
Giardia lamblia(encyclopedia)

giardia (iou)



giardia noun. Also Giardia. E20.
[mod. Latin (see below), from A. Giard (1846-1908), French biologist: see -IA1.]
Bacteriology. A flagellate, Giardia lamblia, sometimes found in the mammalian gut; any member of the genus Giardia.
giardiasis noun (Medicine) infection of the gut with giardias E20.