- twist disease
- whirling d.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
twist disease
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twist disease — noun 1. : a destructive disease of young salmonoid fishes due to injury of cartilage and perichondrium resulting from invasion of these tissues by a myxosporidian protozoan (Myxostoma cerebralis) 2. : twist 9 … Useful english dictionary
twist disease — whirling disease (a parasitic disease of trout caused by the myxosporidean protozoan Myxosoma cerebralis. The parasite enters spine of the fish at a stage before the cartilage has turned to bone. Causes bent spines which force the fish to swim in … Dictionary of ichthyology
Twist fungus — Scientific classification Kingdom: Fungi Division: Ascomycota Class: Ascomycetes … Wikipedia
Twist ending — A twist ending or surprise ending is an unexpected conclusion or climax to a work of fiction, and which often contains irony or causes the audience to reevaluate the narrative or characters. A twist ending is the conclusive form of plot twists.… … Wikipedia
twist — [[t]twɪ̱st[/t]] ♦♦♦ twists, twisting, twisted 1) VERB If you twist something, you turn it to make a spiral shape, for example by turning the two ends of it in opposite directions. [V n] Her hands began to twist the handles of the bag she carried … English dictionary
twist — 01. He [twisted] his ankle playing soccer, and couldn t walk for a couple of days. 02. She always [twists] the truth so that I sound really bad, and she sounds good. 03. The river [twists] through the woods, and out over the plain. 04. Vicky… … Grammatical examples in English
TWIST — time without symptoms of disease and subjective toxic effects of treatment … Medical dictionary
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black tail disease — whirling disease (a parasitic disease of trout caused by the myxosporidean protozoan Myxosoma cerebralis. The parasite enters spine of the fish at a stage before the cartilage has turned to bone. Causes bent spines which force the fish to swim in … Dictionary of ichthyology
whirling disease — a parasitic disease of trout caused by the myxosporidean protozoan Myxosoma cerebralis. The parasite enters spine of the fish at a stage before the cartilage has turned to bone. Causes bent spines which force the fish to swim in the… … Dictionary of ichthyology
