Definition of Fasciola

1. Noun. A genus of Fasciolidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Fasciola
Generic synonyms: Worm Genus
Group relationships: Family Fasciolidae, Fasciolidae
Member holonyms: Fasciola Hepatica, Liver Fluke

Definition of Fasciola

1. n. A band of gray matter bordering the fimbria in the brain; the dentate convolution.

Definition of Fasciola

1. a band of colour [n -S]

Medical Definition of Fasciola

1. Origin: See Fasciole. A band of gray matter bordering the fimbria in the brain; the dentate convolution. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fasciola

fascinations
fascinator
fascinators
fascine
fascine roll
fascines
fascinoma
fascinomas
fascinous
fascins
fascinums
fascio
fascio-
fasciodesis
fasciola (current term)
fasciola cinerea
fasciola hepatica
fasciolar
fasciolar gyrus
fasciolas
fasciole
fascioles
fascioliases
fascioliasis
fasciolid
fasciolidae
fascioloidiasis
fasciolopsiasis
fasciolosis

Literary usage of Fasciola

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)
"This species is closely allied to fasciola hepatica, but is distinguished by its elongated body, short cephalic cone, almost parallel sides, larger ventral ..."

2. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"UGANDA ZEBU CATTLE NATURALLY INFECTED WITH fasciola GIGANTICA WITH SPECIAL ... The majority of the statements concerning fasciola gigantica appear to have ..."

3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1856)
"Description of a New Species of Trematode Worm (fasciola gigantica). ... designated fasciola gigantica, varies in length from an inch and a half to nearly ..."

4. Obstetrics, the science and the art by Charles Delucena Meigs (1867)
"A fasciola or ... of some sort should be resorted to in every such case; and I advise the Student to make use of a fasciola or ..."

5. Report on the Injurious Insects and Other Animals Observed in the Midland by Walter Edward Collinge (1908)
"... all dykes, ditches, and drinking ponds should be well cleaned. Cleanliness, good food, and pure water are all important. THE LIVER FLUKE. fasciola ..."

6. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"They may all be united in one genus, or the fasciola, Lin. Which may be subdivided in the following manner, according to the number and position of their ..."

7. Chemical and microscopical diagnosis by Francis Carter Wood (1909)
"... and the only means of making a positive diagnosis is the finding of the flukes or eggs in the faeces. 84.—fasciola HEPATICA. Magnified 5 diameters. ..."

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