吸虫
吸虫
xī chóng
trematoda; fluke; trematode worm, approx 6000 species, mostly parasite, incl. on humans
Traditional: 吸蟲
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- trematoda
- fluke
- trematode worm, approx 6000 species, mostly parasite, incl. on humans
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Related Words
吸虫纲(xī chóng gāng)— Class Trematoda
→复殖目(fù zhí mù)— Order Digenea (including trematode worms that parasite humans)
→蟠尾丝虫(pán wěi sī chóng)— Onchocerca volvulus, the filarial parasite worm causing "river blindness" or onchocerciasis, the second most common cause of blindness in humans
→蟠尾丝虫症(pán wěi sī chóng zhèng)— "river blindness" or onchocerciasis, the second most common cause of blindness in humans, caused by the filarial parasite worm Onchocerca volvulus
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