filarial worm

C14610
concept

A filarial worm is a parasitic nematode that inhabits the lymphatic system, subcutaneous tissues, or body cavities of vertebrate hosts, often transmitted by blood-feeding insects and capable of causing chronic diseases such as filariasis.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
filarial worm canonical 3

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: filarial worm
Generated description
A filarial worm is a parasitic nematode that inhabits the lymphatic system, subcutaneous tissues, or body cavities of vertebrate hosts, often transmitted by blood-feeding insects and capable of causing chronic diseases such as filariasis.

Instances (3)

Instance Via concept surface
Brugia timori
Wuchereria bancrofti
Brugia malayi