Medical Definition of Mecistocirrus

1. A monotypic genus of trichostrongylid nematodes (subfamily Mecistocirrinae), with the single species, Mecistocirrus digitatus; it is not grossly distinguished from Haemonchus contortus and has about the same effect on the host. Mecistocirrus is distributed chiefly in Asia in cattle, sheep, buffalo, bison, the stomach of pigs, and occasionally in humans. Origin: G. Mekistos, very long, + L. Cirrus, curl, the protruding male organ of a nematode (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mecistocirrus

Mebin
Mebyon Kernow
Mecayapan
Mecca
Mecca balsam
Meccan
Meccano
Meccano set
Meccas
Meccawee
Meccawees
Mechelen
Mechitarist
Mechitarists
Mecholyl
Mecistocirrus (current term)
Mecke's reagent
Meckel's band
Meckel's cartilage
Meckel's cavity
Meckel's ganglion
Meckel's ligament
Meckel's plane
Meckel's space
Meckel syndrome
Meckelian
Mecklenburg
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Meclomen
Meconopsis

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