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.
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
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
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
Latest Searches:
Weil - weightbearing - weight - Weigert - Weidel - Weichselbaum - Weichbrodt - Weibel - Wehgen - Wehamine - Wegner - Wegener - weevil - Weerd - weepiness - weep - Weeks' - Weeks - weekend - WEE -
- Service manuals - MBI Corp