Preferred Label : troglotrematidae;
MeSH definition : A family of flukes (TREMATODA) usually under 10 mm in length, some being only 1 or
2 mm long. In general they are thick, spinous, or scaly flukes having an oval outline
and living in various organs and sinuses of birds and mammals. The genus with the
greatest interest is PARAGONIMUS. (From Noble et al., Parasitology: the Biology of
Animal Parasites, 6th ed, p191);
MeSH annotation : a family of trematodes; infection: coord IM with TREMATODE INFECTIONS (IM); for antigens,
coord with ANTIGENS, HELMINTH, for antibodies, coord with ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH;
UNII : txid34502;
Origin ID : D014322;
UMLS CUI : C0041164;
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A family of flukes (TREMATODA) usually under 10 mm in length, some being only 1 or
2 mm long. In general they are thick, spinous, or scaly flukes having an oval outline
and living in various organs and sinuses of birds and mammals. The genus with the
greatest interest is PARAGONIMUS. (From Noble et al., Parasitology: the Biology of
Animal Parasites, 6th ed, p191)
