nosema disease

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Etymology

1909, Translingual Nosema (“a taxonomic genus within the family Nosematidae”) + disease; a calque of German Nosemaseuche, coined from Nosema + Seuche (“epidemic, pestilence”).[1][2]

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nosema disease (usually uncountable, plural nosema diseases) (insect pathology)

  1. An infectious disease of some insects caused by some microsporidian parasites of the genus Nosema.
  2. (honey bees) An infectious disease of adult honey bees caused by microsporidian parasites, such as Nosema apis and Nosema ceranae.
    • 1949, Steinhaus, Edward A., Principles of insect pathology, New York: McGraw-Hill, OCLC 610468683, page 602:
      Nosema Disease of the Honeybee¶ (Microsporidiosis, or Nosemosis, of the Honeybee)¶ Nosema disease of the honeybee, Apis mellifera Linn., is caused by Nosema apis Zander, a microsporidian parasite of the intestinal epithelium of adult bees.
    • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:nosema disease.

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  1. Alois Alfonsus; F. Oreiner, translator (25 August 1909), “Animal parasites as a cause of bee diseases: Dr. Zander discovers a cause for a disease of mature bees”, in Gleanings in Bee Culture, volume 37, issue 21, Medina, Oh.: A. I. Root, published 1 November 1909, ISSN 0017-114X, pages 665–666.
  2. Gershom F. White (12 June 1919), “Nosema-disease”, in Bulletin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture‎, issue 780, Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Agriculture, OCLC 778445214, page 3.
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