Eukaryote
angiostrongylus
Subclass of:
Metastrongyloidea
Definitions related to angiostrongylus species (invertebrate):
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(angiostrongylus) Any nematode parasite that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Angiostrongylus genus level.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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(angiostrongylus) A genus of parasitic nematode in the family Angiostrongylidae. Memebers of the genus can cause severe gastrointestinal or central nervous system disease in humans, depending on the species.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(angiostrongylus) A genus of parasitic nematodes of the superfamily METASTRONGYLOIDEA. Two species, ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS and A. vasorum, infest the lungs of rats and dogs, respectively. A. cantonensis is transmissible to man where it causes frequently fatal infection of the central nervous system.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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