Look up: metacercaria

1. Metacercaria
   Stage between the cercaria and adult in the life cycle of most digentic trematodes; usually encysted and quiescent.
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2. metacercaria
   The post-cercarial encysted stage in the life history of a fluke, prior to transfer to the definitive host. Some cercariae attach themselves to grass or other vegetation, form metacercaria, and later are ingested by herbivores, as in Fasciola and similar forms; others encyst in muscles of fish, as i...
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3. metacercaria
   (met″ә-sәr-kar´e-ә) pl. metacerca´riae The encysted resting or maturing stage of a parasitic fluke in the tissues of an intermediate host.
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4. metacercaria
   (from the article `flatworm`) ...humans. Endemic (local) centres of infection occur in virtually all countries; widespread infections occur in the Far East, Africa, and tropical ...
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5. metacercaria
   Type: Term Pronunciation: met′ă-ser-kar′ē-ă, -ē Definitions: 1. The postcercarial encysted stage in the life history of a fluke, before transfer to the definitive host. Some cercariae attach themselves to grass or other vegetation, form metacercaria, and later are ing...
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6. METACERCARIA
   Infective larval form of flukes that arises from the cercaria stage.
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