CLONORCHIS


Meaning of CLONORCHIS in English

klōˈnȯrkə̇s noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek klōn twig + orchis testis — more at orchis

: a genus of trematode worms (family Opisthorchiidae) containing the Chinese liver fluke ( C. sinensis ), having a complex life cycle involving a mollusk and a fish as intermediate hosts, and constituting a serious parasite of man in eastern and southeastern Asia with human infection resulting from consumption of raw infected fish

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