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diphyllobothroid

diphyllobothroid adjective: similar to the tapeworms of genus Diphyllobothrium, especially those in which the scolex of the adult lacks suckers or hooks.

Adjective

diphyllobothroid (not comparable)

  1. Similar to the tapeworms of genus Diphyllobothrium, especially those in which the scolex of the adult lacks suckers or hooks.
    • Infection of humans by plerocercoid larvae of various diphyllobothroid tapeworms belonging to the genus Spirometra is known as sparganosis.1999, Edward K. Markell, David T. John, Wojciech A. Krotoski, Markell and Voge's Medical Parasitology, page 238
    • To study the genetic relationships among diphyllobothroid tapeworms, other members of the Diphyllobothriidae are considered, with T. solium as the outgroup.2012, Dongyou Liu, Molecular Detection of Human Parasitic Pathogens, page 293

Questions about diphyllobothroid

What does diphyllobothroid mean?
Diphyllobothroid means similar to the tapeworms of genus Diphyllobothrium, especially those in which the scolex of the adult lacks suckers or hooks.
What part of speech is diphyllobothroid?
Diphyllobothroid is an adjective.

Words near diphyllobothroid in the dictionary

  1. diphyllobothriid
  2. diphyllobothriidean
  3. diphyllobothriideans
  4. diphyllobothriids
  5. diphyllobothriosis
  6. diphyllobothroid
  7. diphylloside
  8. diphyllous
  9. diphyodont
  10. diphyodonts
  11. diphyodonty

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