- Echinostoma
- A genus of digenetic flukes (family Echinostomatidae) with characteristic oral spines; widely distributed and parasitic in a broad range of bird and mammal hosts; several species have been reported in humans from Southeast Asia. [echino- + G. stoma, mouth]- E. ilocanum a species reported from humans in the Philippines.- E. malayanum a species typically found in the pig, but reported occasionally from humans in Malaysia; infection results from ingestion of snails with infective cysts (metacercariae).
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Ech·i·nos·to·ma (ek″ĭ-nosґto-mə) [echino- + Gr. stoma mouth] a genus of parasitic flukes of the family Echinostomatidae. E. revoluґtum is found in the intestines of ducks and geese and has been reported in humans in Taiwan and Indonesia. E. ilocaґnum has been found in human feces in Indonesia and the Philippines. E. lindoenґsis occurs in Indonesia; E. perfoliaґtum is found in Japan.
Medical dictionary. 2011.