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Medical Definition of Gongylonema
1. An important genus of spiruroid nematodes that parasitise the alimentary canal of birds and mammals; transmitted via various insects, especially beetles, carrying the encysted infective larvae. Several species are of veterinary importance, and one is also known to parasitise humans. Origin: Gr. Gongylos, round, + nema, thread (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gongylonema
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