Definition of Fasciolidae

1. Noun. A family of Trematoda.

Exact synonyms: Family Fasciolidae
Generic synonyms: Worm Family
Group relationships: Class Trematoda, Trematoda
Member holonyms: Fasciola, Genus Fasciola, Fasciolopsis, Genus Fasciolopsis

Medical Definition of Fasciolidae

1. A family of flukes of the class trematoda occurring primarily in the liver of animals and man. There are six genera: fasciola, fasciolopsis, fascioloides, tenuifasciola, parafasciolopsis, and protofasciola. The adult form of fasciolopsis occurs in the intestines of pigs and man. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fasciolidae

fascinums
fascio
fascio-
fasciodesis
fasciola
fasciola cinerea
fasciola hepatica
fasciolar
fasciolar gyrus
fasciolas
fasciole
fascioles
fascioliases
fascioliasis
fasciolid
fasciolidae (current term)
fascioloidiasis
fasciolopsiasis
fasciolosis
fascion
fascioplasty
fasciorrhaphy
fasciotomies
fasciotomy
fascism
fascismi
fascismo
fascisms
fascist
fascista

Literary usage of Fasciolidae

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

1. Practical Bacteriology, Blood Work and Animal Parasitology: Including by Edward Rhodes Stitt (1916)
"fasciolidae—flukes with two suckers, one terminal, the other adjacent to it and ... The sexes are separate, not hermaphroditic as with the fasciolidae and ..."

2. Practical Bacteriology, Blood Work and Animal Parasitology: Including by Edward Rhodes Stitt (1918)
"fasciolidae—flukes with two suckers, one terminal, the other adjacent to it and ... The sexes are separate, not hermaphroditic as with the fasciolidae and ..."

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