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heart worm - Dirofilaria immitis, also known as heartworm or dog heartworm, is a parasitic roundworm that is a type of filarial worm, a small thread-like worm, that causes dirofilariasis. It is spread from host to host through the bites of mosquitoes

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elephantitis -

1. a condition in which a limb or other part of the body becomes grossly enlarged due to obstruction of the lymphatic vessels, typically by the nematode parasites which cause filariasis.

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hook worm - a parasitic nematode worm that inhabits the intestines of humans and other animals. It has hooked mouthparts with which it attaches itself to the wall of the gut, puncturing the blood vessels and feeding on the blood.

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pseudocoelomate - The Aschelminthes, closely associated with the Platyhelminthes, are an obsolete phylum of pseudocoelomate and other similar animals that are no longer considered closely related and have been promoted to phyla in their own right.

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pinworm - Pinworms are white, parasitic worms that can live in the large intestine of humans. They are about one-half inch long. While the infected person sleeps, female pinworms leave the intestinal tract and lay their eggs on the skin around the anus.

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trichinella -

Trichinosis is a food-borne disease caused by a microscopic parasite called Trichinella. People can get this disease by eating raw or undercooked meat from animals infected with the parasite. Often these infected meats come from wild game, such as bear, or pork products.

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Ascaris -

1. a parasitic nematode worm of a family ( Ascaridae ) whose members typically live in the intestines of vertebrates.

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definitive host - an organism which supports the adult or sexually reproductive form of a parasite.

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intermediate host -

1. an organism that supports the immature or nonreproductive forms of a parasite.

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pathogene

1. the manner of development of a disease.

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cyst - in an animal or plant, a thin-walled, hollow organ or cavity containing a liquid secretion; a sac, vesicle, or bladder.

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scolex -

1. the anterior end of a tapeworm, bearing suckers and hooks for attachment.

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proglottids -

1. each segment in the strobila of a tapeworm, containing a complete sexually mature reproductive system.

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regeneration - the action or process of regenerating or being regenerated, in particular the formation of new animal or plant tissue.

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fissions - the action of dividing or splitting something into two or more parts.

"the party dissolved into fission and acrimony"

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flame cells - Flame cell definition, one of the hollow cells terminating the branches of the excretory tubules of certain invertebrates, having a tuft of continuously ...

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pharynx - Anatomy Zoology. The membrane-lined cavity behind the nose and mouth, connecting them to the esophagus.

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eyespots - a light-sensitive pigmented spot on the bodies of invertebrates such as flatworms, starfishes, and microscopic crustaceans, and also in some unicellular organisms.

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nerve net - in invertebrates such as coelenterates and flatworms) a diffuse network of neurons which conducts impulses in all directions from a point of stimulus.

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cestode - a parasitic flatworm of the class Cestoda ; a tapeworm

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trematode -

1. a class of flatworms that comprises those flukes that are internal parasites. The monogenean flukes are sometimes also placed in this class.

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turbellaria -

1. a class of typically free-living flatworms which have a ciliated surface and a simple branched gut with a single opening.

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parasites - an organism that lives in or on an organism of another species (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the other's expense.

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acoelomates - An acoelomate is an animal that does not possess a body cavity.

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tapeworm - a parasitic flatworm, the adult of which lives in the intestines. It has a long ribbon-like body with many segments that can become independent, and a small head bearing hooks and suckers.

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flukes - Trematoda is a class within the phylum Platyhelminthes. It includes two groups of parasitic flatworms, known as flukes. They are internal parasites of molluscs and vertebrates. Most trematodes have a complex life cycle with at least two hosts. The primary host, where the flukes sexua

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Planaria -  a free-living flatworm which has a three-branched intestine and a tubular pharynx, typically located halfway down the body.

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hermaphrodite  - a person or animal having both male and female sex organs or other sexual characteristics, either abnormally or (in the case of some organisms) as the natural condition.

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invertebrate -  an animal lacking a backbone, such as an arthropod, mollusk, annelid, coelenterate, etc. The invertebrates constitute an artificial division of the animal kingdom, comprising 95 percent of animal species and about 30 different phyla.

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bilateral symmetry -

1. the property of being divisible into symmetrical halves on either side of a unique plane.

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Platyhelminthes -

1. a phylum of invertebrates that comprises the flatworms.