Meta·gon·i·mus | \ -ˈgän-ə-məs 
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\Medical Definition of Metagonimus
: a genus of small intestinal flukes (family Heterophyidae) that includes one (M. yokogawai) common in humans, dogs, and cats in parts of eastern Asia as a result of the eating of raw fish containing the larva
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