Definition of Gnathostoma. Meaning of Gnathostoma. Synonyms of Gnathostoma

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Definition of Gnathostoma

Gnathostoma
Gnathostoma Gna*thos"to*ma, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? the jaw + ?, ?, the mouth.] (Zo["o]l.) A comprehensive division of vertebrates, including all that have distinct jaws, in contrast with the leptocardians and marsipobranchs (Cyclostoma), which lack them. [Written also Gnathostomata.]

Meaning of Gnathostoma from wikipedia

- Gnathostoma spinigerum is a parasitic nematode that causes gnathostomiasis in humans, also known as its clinical manifestations are creeping eruption...
- Gnathostoma is a genus of parasitic nematodes. The species Gnathostoma spinigerum and Gnathostoma hispidum can cause gnathostomiasis. Neurognathostomiasis...
- Gnathostoma hispidum is a nematode (roundworm) that infects many vertebrate animals including humans. Infection of Gnathostoma hispidum, like many species...
- : 436  is the human infection caused by the nematode Gnathostoma spinigerum and/or Gnathostoma hispidum, which infects vertebrates. A few days after...
- eggs, each, per spawning event. Swamp eels are a host for the nematode Gnathostoma spinigerum. In Thailand and Vietnam, eating raw or undercooked swamp...
- The most common parasites implicated are Angiostrongylus cantonensis, Gnathostoma spinigerum, Schistosoma, as well as the conditions cysticercosis, toxocariasis...
- (gnáthos). Meaning: jaw. Examples: Caenagnathasia ("recent jaw from Asia"); Gnathostoma ("jaw mouth"); Cynognathus ("dog jaw"); Compsognathus ("elegant jaw");...
- trichiura): causes trichuriasis Schistosoma: causes schistosomiasis Gnathostoma: causes gnathostomiasis Paragonimus: causes paragonimiasis Fasciola hepatica:...
- seven genera of spirudia nematodes that infect human hosts accidentally: Gnathostoma, Thelazia, Gongylonema, Physaloptera, Spirocerca, Rictularia. The G....
- Ramirez-Avila (2009). "Eosinophilic Meningitis due to Angiostrongylus and Gnathostoma Species". Clinical Infectious Diseases. 48 (3): 322–327. doi:10.1086/595852...