Pros·tho·gon·i·mus | \ ˌpräs-thə-ˈgän-ə-məs 
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\Medical Definition of Prosthogonimus
: a genus of trematode worms (family Plagiorchiidae) parasitic in the oviducts and bursa of Fabricius and rarely in the intestine or esophagus of domestic and other birds
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