SYPHACIA


Meaning of SYPHACIA in English

sīˈfāshēə noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Latin sipho, siphon tube, pipe + -acea, feminine of -aceus -aceous — more at siphon

: a genus of nematode worms (family Oxyuridae) including a species ( S. obvelata ) normally parasitic in the cecum and colon of rodents and rarely in man

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