- myzorhynchus
- my·zo·rhyn·chus .mī-zə-'riŋ-kəs n, pl -chi -.kī an apical sucker on the scolex of various tapeworms that is often stalked
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My·zo·rhyn·chus (mi″zo-ringґkəs) [Gr. myzan to suck + rhynchos snout] a series of mosquitoes, part of the subgenus Anopheles of the genus Anopheles. Several species are carriers of malarial parasites in Asia and Africa.
Medical dictionary. 2011.