Concept information
Preferred term
Acanthocephala
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Thorny-Headed Worm
- Thorny Headed Worms
- Thorny-Headed Worms
- Worms, Thorny-Headed
- Worm, Thorny-Headed
Note
- infection: coordinate with HELMINTHIASIS or HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; coordinate with specific helminth terms (ANTIGENS, HELMINTH, etc.) if pertinent
Scope note
- A phylum of parasitic worms, closely related to tapeworms and containing two genera: Moniliformis, which sometimes infects man, and Macracanthorhynchus, which infects swine.
History note
- 74; was see under HELMINTHS 1963-73
In other languages
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Finnish
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Acanthocephala
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väkäkärsämatojen pääjakso
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000049
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