Octomitidae

Octomitidae
A family in the protozoan class Zoomastigophorea; flagellates with six to eight flagella arranged in pairs and a body that is bilaterally symmetric; it includes the common human intestinal parasite G. lamblia. [octo- + G. mitos, thread]

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • GIARDIA INTESTINALIS — Lambl., 1859 (син. Cercomonas intestinalis, Lambl., 1859; Hexamitus duodenalis, Davaine, 1875; Me gastoma entericum, Grassi, 1881; Lamblia intestinalis, Blanchard, 1888), жгутиковые сем. Octomitidae, паразитирующие в кишечнике человека и грызунов …   Большая медицинская энциклопедия

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