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Diphyllobothrium latum.Medical dictionary. 2011.
fish tapeworm — noun : a large pseudophyllidean tapeworm (Diphyllobothrium latum) as an adult infesting the human intestine and sometimes associated with a peculiar macrocytic anemia resembling pernicious anemia and having its early development in a copepod and… … Useful english dictionary
fish tapeworm infection — ingesting the larvae of the tapeworm Diphyllobothrium latum through eating undercooked fish. More common in cold, fresh lakes such as the Great Lakes. The adult worm can reach 30 feet in length in the human intestine, causing blood in the faeces… … Dictionary of ichthyology
fish-tapeworm infection — ingesting the larvae of the tapeworm Diphyllobothrium latum through eating undercooked fish. More common in cold, fresh lakes such as the Great Lakes. The adult worm can reach 30 feet in length in the human intestine, causing blood in the faeces… … Dictionary of ichthyology
fish tapeworm anaemia — a medical condition of humans, a rare form of macrocytoc anaemia caused by infestation with the tapeworm Diphyllobothrium latum … Dictionary of ichthyology
fish-tapeworm anaemia — a medical condition of humans, a rare form of macrocytoc anaemia caused by infestation with the tapeworm Diphyllobothrium latum … Dictionary of ichthyology
Tapeworm infection — Tapeworm infestation Classification and external resources ICD 10 B67 B71 ICD 9 … Wikipedia
tapeworm — /tayp werrm /, n. any of various flat or tapelike worms of the class Cestoidea, lacking an alimentary canal, and parasitic when adult in the alimentary canal of humans and other vertebrates: the larval and adult stages are usually in different… … Universalium
tapeworm — An intestinal parasitic worm, adults of which are found in the intestine of vertebrates; the term is commonly restricted to members of the class Cestoidea. Tapeworms consist of a scolex, variously equipped with spined or sucking structures by… … Medical dictionary
tapeworm — noun a) Any parasitical worm of the class Cestoda, which infest the intestines of both animals and humans. b) A broad fish tapeworm, Diphyllobothrium latum … Wiktionary
Fish diseases and parasites — This gizzard shad has VHS, a deadly infectious disease which causes bleeding. It afflicts over 50 species of freshwater and marine fish in the northern hemisphere.[1] Like humans and other animals, fish suffer from diseases and parasites. Fish… … Wikipedia
