Gastrodiscoides

Gastrodiscoides
Gas·tro·dis·coi·des .gas-trō-dis-'kȯi-(.)dēz n a genus of amphistome trematode worms including a common intestinal parasite (G. hominis) of humans and swine in southeastern Asia

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Gas·tro·dis·coi·des (gas″tro-dis-koiґdēz) [gastro- + Gr. diskos disk + eidos form] a genus of trematodes of the family Paramphistomatidae; many are parasitic in the intestinal tract, causing paramphistomiasis. Called also Gastrodiscus. G. hoґminis is found in the cecum and colon of pigs and occasionally humans in India, Indochina, and Malaysia.

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