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Thys·a·no·so·ma (this″ə-no-soґmə) a genus of cestodes of the family Anoplocephalidae. T. actinoiґdes, the fringed tapeworm, is found in the bile ducts and small intestines of ungulates in the western United States and in Africa.Medical dictionary. 2011.
thysanosoma — thysa·no·so·ma … English syllables
thysanosoma — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷nōˈsōmə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from thysan + soma : a genus of tapeworms (family Anoplocephalidae) including the common fringed tapeworm of ruminants … Useful english dictionary
Thysanosoma actinoides — Fringed tapeworm of sheep, a relatively short, thick worm (family Anocephalidae) in which the posterior borders of the proglottids are fringed. It inhabits the small intestine, but often invades the bile ducts and causes many livers to be… … Medical dictionary
fringed tapeworm — frinjd n a tapeworm of the genus Thysanosoma (T. actiniodes) found in the intestine and bile ducts of ruminants esp. in the western U.S. * * * Thysanosoma actinioides … Medical dictionary
Selected infectious and parasitic diseases of animals — ▪ Table Selected infectious and parasitic diseases of animals animal(s) affected name(s) of disease nature of disease Diseases of bacterial origin most mammals, chickens necrobacillosis, calf diptheria, bovine foot rot, necrotic hepatitis,… … 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
Anoplocephalidae — An·op·lo·ce·phal·i·dae se fal ə .dē n pl a family of taenioid tapeworms with unarmed scolices that live as adults in the intestines of various herbivores and pass their larval stages in some free living mites an·op·lo·ceph·a·lid sef ə ləd adj * * … Medical dictionary
fringed tapeworm — noun : a cyclophyllidean tapeworm (Thysanosoma actiniodes) found in the intestine and bile ducts of sheep and goats especially in the western United States and having the hinder margin of each segment fringed … Useful english dictionary
