Translingual

Proper noun

Nosema f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Nosematidae – some microsporidian parasites.^[1][2][3]

Hypernyms

• (genus of Nosematidae): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Protozoa - kingdom; Sarcomastigota - subkingdom; Microsporidia - phylum; Dihaplophasea - class; Dissociodihaplophasida - order; Nosematidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus of Nosematidae): Nosema algerae, Nosema antheraeae, Nosema apis, Nosema birgii, Nosema bombi, Nosema bombycis, Nosema carpocapsae, Nosema ceranae, Nosema chaetocnemae, Nosema chrysorrhoeae, Nosema couilloudi, Nosema empoascae, Nosema equestris, Nosema fumiferanae, Nosema furnacalis, Nosema galerucellae, Nosema gastroideae, Nosema granulosis, Nosema kovacevici, Nosema leptinotarsae, Nosema nisotrae, Nosema oulemae, Nosema phyllotretae, Nosema polygrammae, Nosema portugal, Nosema pyrrhocoridis, Nosema pyrausta, Nosema serbica, Nosema spodopterae, Nosema trichoplusiae, Nosema tyriae, Nosema vespula (species)

Etymology 2

1904

Proper noun

Nosema f

1. (dated, botany) A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – tropical Old World plants, now Platostoma..^[4][5][6]

References

1. 1 2 3 “Nosema, n.”, in OED Online, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
2. ↑ Nosema Nägeli 1857 at Encyclopedia of Life
3. ↑ Nosema on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
4. ↑ GRIN link : Nosema Prain' (+species list)
5. ↑ Nosema Prain at Tropicos
6. ↑ “Nosema”, in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, accessed 2015-03-29

English

Noun

nosema ‎(uncountable) (insect pathology, informal)

1. Nosema disease:
   1. An infectious disease of adult honey bees caused by some microsporidian parasites of the genus Nosema.
      • 2007 February 22, Verlyn Klinkenborg, “Keeping Bees Among Us”, in New York Times:

        There were problems in my dad’s day: ants, skunks, wax moths and a couple of deadly but well-known bee diseases, like foulbrood and nosema.

      • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:nosema.
   2. (possibly dated) Pébrine, a disease of silkworms, also caused by Nosema parasites.

References

1. ↑ “Nosema, n.”, in OED Online, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek νόσημᾰ ‎(nósēma, “disease, sickness, plague, affliction”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /noˈseː.ma/, [nɔˈseː.ma]
• Hyphenation: no‧se‧ma

Noun

nosema

1. disease
   • For usage examples of this term, see Citations:nosema.