metastrongyle
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metastrongyle — Common name for members of the genus Metastrongylus or of the family Metastrongylidae … Medical dictionary
metastrongyle — meta·strongyle … English syllables
Angiostrongylus — A genus of metastrongyle nematodes parasitic in respiratory or circulatory systems of rodents, carnivores, and marsupials. SYN: Parastrongylus. [G. angeion, vessel, + strongylos, round] A. cantonensis lungworm of rodents, a species transmitted by … Medical dictionary
Crenosoma vulpis — A metastrongyle lungworm species of the fox, wolf, dog, raccoon, and other small carnivores in Europe, Asia, and North America; it occurs in the bronchi, causing bronchitis. [G. krene, a (mineral) spring, + soma, body; L. vulpes, fox] … Medical dictionary
