- metacercaria
- noun Etymology: New Latin Date: 1925 a tailless encysted late larva of a digenetic trematode that is usually the form which is infective for the definitive host • metacercarial adjective
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metacercaria — n. [Gr. meta, after; keros, tail] (PLATYHELMINTHES: Trematoda) The stage succeeding the cercarial, following loss of tail; it may invade the definitive host (blood flukes) or may become encysted and await passive transfer to that host … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
metacercaria — /met euh seuhr kair ee euh/, n. pl. metacercariae / kair ee ee /. Zool. the encysted larva of a trematode, usually found in or on an aquatic intermediate host. Cf. cercaria. [1925 30; < NL; see META , CERCARIA] * * * … Universalium
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 m., and later are ingested by herbivores, as in Fasciola and similar… … Medical dictionary
metacercaria — meta·cercaria … English syllables
metacercaria — n.; pl. metacercariae a mature form of the cercaria larva of a fluke. Liver fluke metacercariae are enveloped by thin cysts and develop on various kinds of vegetation … The new mediacal dictionary
metacercaria — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ noun Etymology: New Latin, from meta + cercaria : a late larva of a digenetic trematode that is tailless and encysted and usually constitutes the form which is infective for the definitive host compare adolescaria, cercaria, marita … Useful english dictionary
Метацеркарий (Metacercaria, Множ. Metacercariae) — стадия развития зрелой личинки трематод, возникающая после церкария. Метацеркарии печеночных трематод находятся внутри тонких цист и могут существовать в них на различных этапах своего развития. Источник: Медицинский словарь … Медицинские термины
МЕТАЦЕРКАРИЙ — (metacercaria, множ. metacercariae) стадия развития зрелой личинки трематод, возникающая после церкария. Метацеркарии печеночных трематод находятся внутри тонких цист и могут существовать в них на различных этапах своего развития … Толковый словарь по медицине
Clonorchis sinensis — under a light microscope. Notice the ovaries. This species is monoecious, Scientific classification … Wikipedia
Fasciola hepatica — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda ? Fasciola hepatica Fasciola hepatica gusano adulto … Wikipedia Español
