digenetic trematodes

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• flatworm — /flat werrm /, n. any worm of the phylum Platyhelminthes, having bilateral symmetry and a soft, solid, usually flattened body, including the planarians, tapeworms, and trematodes; platyhelminth. [1895 1900; FLAT1 + WORM] * * * or platyhelminth… …   Universalium

• Schistosoma — A genus of digenetic trematodes, including the important blood flukes of humans and domestic animals, that cause schistosomiasis; characterized by elongate shape, by separate sexes with marked sexual dimorphism, by their unusual location in the… …   Medical dictionary

• Dicrocoelium — A genus of digenetic trematodes inhabiting the bile ducts and gallbladder of herbivores. The species D. dentriticum (lancet fluke) is rarely found in humans, but is an important parasite of sheep in some localities. [G. dikroos, forked, + koilia …   Medical dictionary

• Paramphistomum — The rumen fluke, a genus of digenetic trematodes (family Paramphistomatidae) parasitic in the rumen or paunch of cattle; species include P. microbothrioides, P. cervi, and P. liorchis. [para + G. amphistomos, having a double mouth, fr. amphi, two …   Medical dictionary

• Opisthorchiidae — A family of trematodes that includes the genera Opisthorchis and Clonorchis. * * * Opis·thor·chi·idae ə .pis .thȯr kī ə .dē n pl a family of digenetic trematodes including the genera Clonorchis and Opisthorcis and comprising trematodes that are… …   Medical dictionary

• sporocyst — 1. A larval form of digenetic trematode (fluke) that develops in the body of its molluscan intermediate host, usually a snail; the s. forms a simple saclike structure with germinal cells that bud off internally and …   Medical dictionary

• Digenea — For the bird genus, see Anthipes. Digenea Helicometra sp. (Plagiorchiida: Opecoelidae) from the intestine of a Flame Cardinal fish Scientific classification …   Wikipedia

• Opisthorchis — Genus of digenetic trematodes (family Opisthorchiidae) found in the bile ducts or gallbladder of fish eating mammals, birds, and fish. [opistho + G. orchis, testis] O. felineus the cat liver fluke, a species frequently found as a human …   Medical dictionary

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• Fasciolosis — Classification and external resources ICD 10 B66.3 ICD 9 121.3 …   Wikipedia

• Sucker (parasitic worms anatomy) — For other uses, see Sucker (disambiguation). An adult Clonorchis sinensis has these main body parts: oral sucker, pharynx, caecum, ventral sucker, vitellaria, uterus, ovary, Mehlis gland, testes, exretory bladder. The sucker is an attachment… …   Wikipedia