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Definition of Entozoon

1. Noun. Any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms).

Definition of Entozoon

1. Noun. (obsolete) Any of various microscopic parasitic worms previously classified together under the grouping ''Entozoa''. ¹

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Definition of Entozoon

1. entozoan [n -ZOA] - See also: entozoan

Medical Definition of Entozoon

1. One of the Entozoa. (30 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Entozoon

Literary usage of Entozoon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1875)
"... and an account of Nematoda (filiform entozoon] found in Human Shod. ... nucleus in a stone, which consisted of a collection of the eggs of the entozoon. ..."

2. On diseases of the skin: A System of Cutaneous Medicine by Erasmus Wilson (1868)
"The entozoon folliculorum, as it gives rise to no morbid phenomena, but is rather an aid than an impediment to the functions of the skin, ..."

3. The Intellectual Observer (1862)
"This little entozoon, more powerful for the destruction of its friends than are our huge armaments for the annihilation of our enemies, destroys in England ..."

4. The Microscope, and Its Application to Clinical Medicine by Lionel Smith Beale (1854)
"The entozoon folliculorum is generally present in the follicles of the skin of the scalp, chin, and other parts of the face. It may usually be procured very ..."

5. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1832)
"Some Observations on a species of entozoon or parasitical Animal found in the Bronchial Tubes and Pulmonary Vesicles of the Common Porpoise. ..."

6. Clinical lectures on the principles and practice of medicine by John Hughes Bennett (1866)
"Though this entozoon may occasionally be associated with acne, it seldom gives rise to great inconvenience. According to Erasmus Wilson, Fig. 489. ..."

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