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Het·ero·phy·es | \ -ˈfī-(ˌ)ēz 
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\Medical Definition of Heterophyes
: a genus (the type of the family Heterophyidae) of small digenetic trematode worms infesting the small intestine especially of dogs, cats, and humans in Egypt and much of tropical Asia
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