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anisakid

anisakid noun: any nematode in the family Anisakidae; they can cause anisakiasis among humans who eat infected raw fish.

Noun

anisakid (plural anisakids)

  1. Any nematode in the family Anisakidae; they can cause anisakiasis among humans who eat infected raw fish.
    • The anisakid nematodes Anisakis simplex (Rudolphi, 1809), Pseudoterranova decipiens (Krabbe, 1878) and Contracaecum osculatum (Rudolphi, 1802) occur as third-stage larvae in marine fish products and may infect consumers ingesting raw or under-cooked fish products.2016 September, Kurt Buchmann, Foojan Mehrdana, “Effects of anisakid nematodes Anisakis simplex (s.l.), Pseudoterranova decipiens (s.l.) and Contracaecum osculatum (s.l.) on fish and consumer...

Forms of anisakid

pluralanisakids

Questions about anisakid

What does anisakid mean?
Anisakid means any nematode in the family Anisakidae; they can cause anisakiasis among humans who eat infected raw fish.
What part of speech is anisakid?
Anisakid is a noun.
What is the plural of anisakid?
The plural of anisakid is anisakids.

Words near anisakid in the dictionary

  1. Aniruddh
  2. Aniruddha
  3. Anirvan
  4. anis
  5. anisakiasis
  6. anisakid
  7. anisakidosis
  8. anisakids
  9. anisaldehyde
  10. anisate
  11. anisates

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