rat lungworm
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Angiostrongylus cantonensis — the rat lungworm, a species that parasitizes the domestic rat primarily in Australia and many Pacific islands. Larval development occurs in snails, slugs, and planarians; in rats, the adult worms are found in the bronchioles. Human infection is… … Medical dictionary
gastropod — /gas treuh pod /, n. 1. any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, comprising the snails, whelks, slugs, etc. adj. 2. Also, gastropodous /ga strop euh deuhs/. belonging or pertaining to the gastropods. [1820 30; < NL Gast(e)ropoda a class of mollusks.… … Universalium
meningoencephalitis — An inflammation of the brain and its membranes. SYN: cerebromeningitis, encephalomeningitis. [meningo + G. enkephalos, brain, + itis, inflammation] acute primary hemorrhagic m. SYN: acute epidemic leukoencepha … Medical dictionary
Achatina — Ach·a·ti·na (ak″ə tiґnə) a genus of large land snails of the family Achatinidae, order Stylommatophora, originally native to Africa. A. fuliґca serves as an intermediate host of the rat lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis … Medical dictionary
Agriolimax — Ag·rio·li·max (ag″re o liґmaks) a genus of slugs. A. laeґvis is a species that serves as an intermediate host for the rat lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis … Medical dictionary
angiostrongyliasis — an·gio·stron·gy·li·a·sis (an″je o stron″jĭ liґə sis) infection by a nematode of the genus Angiostrongylus. In humans the usual species is the rat lungworm, A. cantonensis, and infection comes after eating contaminated raw… … Medical dictionary
eosinophilic meningitis — meningitis characterized by an increase in lymphocytes and a high percentage of eosinophils in the cerebrospinal fluid; it usually results from infection with the rat lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis. Called also eosinophilic… … Medical dictionary
