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Definition of Fasciolopsis buski

1. Noun. Fluke that is parasitic on humans and swine; common in eastern Asia.

Medical Definition of Fasciolopsis buski

1. The large intestinal fluke, a species found in the intestine of humans in eastern and southern Asia; transmitted via ingestion of water chestnuts or other vegetation contaminated with infective metacercariae. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fasciolopsis Buski

Literary usage of Fasciolopsis buski

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

1. The Animal Parasites of Man by Harold Benjamin Fantham, Maximilian Gustav Christian Carl Braun (1916)
"Gut caeca similar to those of Fasciolopsis buski. Testes—regularly branched, separated by an incurving of the casca, the anterior occupying a smaller area ..."

2. Tropical Diseases: A Manual of the Diseases of Warm Climates by Patrick Manson (1918)
"Fasciolopsis buski was first described by Busk in his " Diseases of the Liver," published in London in 1845. Busk found this parasite in 1843 in the ..."

3. Human Parasitology: With Notes on Bacteriology, Mycology, Laboratory by Damaso de Rivas (1920)
"Fasciolopsis buski BUDD, G.: 'On Diseases of the Liver, London, 1852. COBBOLD, T. SP. : " On the Supposed Rarity of . . . Dist. crassum," Jour. Linn. ..."

4. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"Fasciolopsis buski is an important human parasite which has been reported in China, India, Bornea. Sumatra, Cochin China and Tonkin. ..."

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