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Stephanurus dentatus (medicine)


Stephanurus dentatus


The kidney worm or lard worm of swine, a strongyle nematode parasite species that also occurs, though rarely, in the liver of cattle. Adult worms in swine live in the perirenal fat, the kidney pelvis, or as erratic forms in many Other locations. Eggs are passed through the urine and infection is direct, by ingestion of infective larvae or by skin infection, or indirect, by ingestion of earthworms in which the larvae can survive.

Origin: G. Stephanos, crown, + oura, tail


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[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: aphorisme, from Late Latin, from Greek aphorismos 'definition, aphorism', from aphorizein 'to define']
a short phrase that contains a wise idea
-- aphoristic /7AfE5rIstIk/ adj