Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Opis·thor·chi·idae Pronunciation:
&-"pis-"thor-'kI-&-"dE Function:
noun plural : a family of digenetic trematodesincluding the genera
Clonorchis and
Opisthorcis and comprising trematodes that are parasitic as adults in the bile ducts of various birds and mammals including humans, that are ingestedwith fish as encysted metacercaria and freed in the digestive tract to make their way into the liver, and that are distinguished by the absence of a cirrus pouch and the presence of the ovary anteriorto the testes
