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fasciolopsis

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Main Entry: Fas·ci·o·lop·sis
Pronunciation: -'läp-s&s
Function: noun
: a genus of trematode worms of the familyFasciolidae that includes an important intestinal parasite (F. buski) of humans, swine, dogs, and rabbits in much of eastern Asia
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Fasciolopsis Fas·ci·o·lop·sis (fās'ē-ō-lŏp'sĭs, fə-sī'ō-)
n.
A genus of very large intestinal flukes that includes Fasciolopsis buski, a species found in the intestine of humans in eastern and southern Asia.

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