A genus of flukes (superfamily Heterophypoidea) that encyst on fish and infect various fish-eating animals, including humans. Metagonimus yokogawai, an intestinal fluke widely distributed in the Far East and the Balkans and one of the smallest (1-2.5 mm) flukes infecting humans, is passed from Semisulcospira snails to cyprinoid fish and then to man...
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(met″ә-gon´ĭ-mәs) a genus of flukes. M. yokoga´wai, is a parasitic intestinal fluke found in humans and other mammals in Japan, China, Indonesia, the Balkans, and Israel.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: met′ă-gon′i-mŭs Definitions: 1. A genus of flukes (superfamily Heterophyidae) that encyst on fish and infect various fish-eating animals, including humans. Metagonimus yokogawai, an intestinal fluke widely distributed in the Far East and the Balkans and one of the smallest (1-2.5 mm) flukes infecting ...
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