GNATHOSTOMA


Meaning of GNATHOSTOMA in English

I. nəˈthästəmə noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from gnath- + -stoma

in some classifications : a division of Crustacea comprising the Branchiopoda, Ostracoda, and Copepoda

II. noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from gnath- + -stoma

: a genus (the type of the family Gnathostomatidae) of spiruroid nematodes comprising parasites living in tumors of the stomach wall of various Old World carnivorous mammals and occasionally invading the subcutaneous tissues of man

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