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metacercariae

metacercariae is the plural of metacercaria.

Meaning of metacercaria

Noun

metacercaria (plural metacercarias or metacercariae)

  1. The encysted stage of a trematode parasite (flukes) in the tissues of an intermediate host.
    • The metacercarias excyst in the duodenum and migrate through the intestinal wall into the body cavity […]1957, Charles Franklin Craig, Ernest Carroll Faust, Craig and Faust's Clinical Parasitology, page 561

Questions about metacercariae

What is metacercariae the plural of?
Metacercariae is the plural of metacercaria.

Words near metacercariae in the dictionary

  1. metacentric heights
  2. metacentric stability
  3. metacentricity
  4. metacentrics
  5. metacercaria
  6. metacercariae
  7. metacercarial
  8. metacercarias
  9. metacerebral
  10. metacestode
  11. metacestodes

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