Medical term:

hymenolepiasis



hymenolepiasis

 [hi″men-o-lep-i´ah-sis]
infection due to tapeworms of the genus Hymenolepis.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

hy·me·no·le·pi·a·sis

(hī'me-nō-lĕ-pī'ă-sis),
Illness produced by infection with tapeworms of the genus Hymenolepis.
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Hymenolepiasis

Parasitic infection caused by the presence of tapeworms from the Hymenolepis genus, such as the dwarf tapeworm (Hymenolepis nana) or the rodent tapeworm (Hymenolepis diminuta).
Mentioned in: Tapeworm Diseases
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