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anisakids

anisakids is the plural of anisakid.

Meaning of anisakid

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...

Questions about anisakids

What is anisakids the plural of?
Anisakids is the plural of anisakid.

Words near anisakids in the dictionary

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

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