Medical Definition of Cerithidea

1. A genus of marine and brackish water operculate (prosobranch) snails that serve as first intermediate hosts of a number of trematodes. Cerithidea cingulata serves as host for Heterophyes heterophyes in Japan and Southeast Asia; Cerithidea scalariformis for cercariae that induce swimmer's itch in the southeastern U.S. From Florida to Texas. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cerithidea

cereuses
cerge
cerges
ceria
cerias
ceric
ceriman
cerin
cering
ceriph
ceriphs
cerise
cerises
cerite
cerites
Cerithidea
cerium
cerium
ceriums
cerium isotopes
cerium radioisotopes
cerivastatin
cermet
cermets
cermet cements
cerne
cerned
cernes
cerning
cernuous

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