Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Rail·lie·ti·na Pronunciation:
"rAl-y&-'tI-n& Function:
noun : a large genus of armed cyclophyllidean tapeworms(family Davaineidae) of which the adults are parasitic in birds, rodents, or rarely humans and the larvae are parasitic in various insects
Railáliet /rI-yA,/ Louis–JosephAlcide (1852–1930), French veterinarian. Railliet was a professor of veterinary science, a naturalist, and a noted helminthologist. He is considered by some a founder of parasitology.He was the author of several works on parasitic diseases in animals. The genus
Raillietina was named in his honor in 1920.
