- microfilaria
- noun Etymology: New Latin Date: 1878 a minute larval filaria • microfilarial adjective
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microfilaria
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Microfilaria — may also refer to an informal collective group genus name, proposed by Cobbold in 1882. While a convenient category for newly discovered microfilariae which can not be assigned to a known species because the adults are unknown,[1] it is seldom… … Wikipedia
microfilaria — Forma prelarvaria de cualquier filaria. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud, Ediciones Hancourt, S.A. 1999 … Diccionario médico
Microfilaria — vgl. Mikrofilarie … Das Wörterbuch medizinischer Fachausdrücke
microfilaria bancrofti — the microfilaria of Wuchereria bancrofti … Medical dictionary
microfilaria diurna — the microfilaria of Loa loa … Medical dictionary
microfilaria loa — the microfilaria of Loa loa … Medical dictionary
microfilaria streptocerca — the microfilaria of Mansonella streptocerca, found in the subcutaneous tissues … Medical dictionary
microfilaria — n. [Gr. mikros, small; L. filum, thread] (NEMATA) The uncoiled mobile embryo of a filaria, that either escapes from the egg shell (unsheathed) or causes stretching of the shell into an elongated sac accommodated to the uncoiled embryo (sheathed) … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
microfilaria — /muy kroh fi lair ee euh/, n., pl. microfilariae / lair ee ee /. the embryonic larva of the nematode parasite Filaria or of related genera, esp. of those species that cause heartworm in dogs and elephantiasis in humans. [1875 80; < NL; see MICRO … Universalium
microfilaria — noun The very small larva of a filarial worm … Wiktionary
