Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Aphas·mid·ia Pronunciation:
"A-"faz-'mid-E-& Function:
noun plural : a subclass of Nematoda comprising worms in which thesensory organs are often bristlelike, phasmids are lacking or greatly reduced, the lateral cervical papillae are absent, and the sensory depressions situated laterally at the anterior end are usuallymodified —compare
PHASMIDIA
