| 释义 |
Spirocerca lupi Spi·ro·cer·ca lu·pi (spī'rō-ser'kă lū'pī), The esophageal worm of dogs and other carnivores, a red spiruroid nematode that occurs in nodules in the wall of the esophagus, stomach, and aorta of dogs, foxes, and wolves; intermediate hosts are various coprophagic beetles. Clinical symptoms occur only in very heavy infections, which are associated with esophageal carcinomata in dogs and with hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy. [L., fr. G. speira, coil, + G. kerkos, tail; L. lupus, wolf] |