Prosthogonimus

noun

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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