filarial

adj

1. (not-comparable)Of or pertaining to the microscopic parasitic worms known as filaria, or an infestation thereof.

   “The knowledge of a filarial infection of the region of the eye seems to date from the time of Magellan.”

   “From a cosmetic standpoint, the filarial diseases [...] were especially unfortunate.”

   “Other helminths or wormlike fellow travellers became common in the human gut, including the Enterobius (pinworm or threadworm), the yards-long tapeworm, and the filarial worms which cause elephantiasis and African river blindness.”

2. (not-comparable)Straight, as if in a line.

   “the filarial flight of birds”