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metagonimus

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Main Entry: Meta·gon·i·mus
Pronunciation: -'gän-&-m&s
Function: noun
: a genus of small intestinal flukes (familyHeterophyidae) that includes one (M. yokogawai) common in humans, dogs, and cats in parts of eastern Asia as a result of the eating of raw fish containing the larva
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Metagonimus Met·a·gon·i·mus (mět'ə-gŏn'ə-məs)
n.
A genus of flukes that encyst on fish and infest humans and other fish-eating animals, including Metagonimus yokogawai, a common intestinal fluke in eastern Asia and the Balkan states, which causes diarrhea when ingested in its larval form in raw fish.

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