echinostomiasis

echinostomiasis
Infection of birds and mammals, including humans, with trematodes of the genus Echinostoma.

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echi·no·sto·mi·a·sis (e-kin″o-sto-miґə-sis) infection by flukes of the genus Echinostoma or a related genus.

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