See Also: brugia(medicine)
Brugia malayi(medicine)
brugia pahangi(medicine)

foisty (iou) and brugia (medicine)


foisty (iou)



foisty adjective. E16.
[from FOIST noun1 + -Y1. Cf. FUSTY.]
Having a stale musty smell; fusty.

brugia (medicine)


brugia


A filarial worm of southeast Asia, producing filariasis and elephantiasis in various mammals including man. It was formerly included in the genus wuchereria.