lung fluke disease
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Oriental lung fluke disease — parasitic hemoptysis … Medical dictionary
Disease — Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the… … Medical dictionary
fluke — Common name for members of the class Trematoda (phylum Platyhelminthes). All flukes of mammals (subclass Digenea) are internal parasites in the adult stage and are characterized by complex digenetic life cycles involving a … Medical dictionary
Liver fluke — Fasciola hepatica Liver flukes are a polyphyletic group of trematodes (phylum Platyhelminthes). Adults of liver flukes are localized in the liver of various mammals, including humans. These flatworms can occur in bile ducts, gallbladder, and… … Wikipedia
infectious disease — Introduction in medicine, a process caused by a microorganism that impairs a person s health. An infection, by contrast, is the invasion of and replication in the body by any of various microbial agents including bacteria, viruses (virus),… … Universalium
digestive system disease — Introduction any of the diseases that affect the human digestive tract. Such disorders may affect the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine (colon), pancreas, liver, or biliary tract. A prevalent disorder of the digestive… … Universalium
paragonimiasis — Infection with a worm of the genus Paragonimus, especially P. westermani. SYN: pulmonary distomiasis. * * * par·a·gon·i·mi·a·sis .par ə .gän ə mī ə səs n, pl a·ses .sēz infestation with or disease caused by a lung fluke of the genus Paragonimus … Medical dictionary
Paragonimus westermani — Egg of P. westermani Scientific classification … Wikipedia
Fasciolosis — Classification and external resources ICD 10 B66.3 ICD 9 121.3 … Wikipedia
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
