| 释义 |
pentastomiasis pen·ta·sto·mi·a·sis (pen'tă-stō-mī'ă-sis), Infection of herbivorous animals, swine, and humans with larval tongue worms; lesions occur principally in the lymph nodes of the digestive tract, where they often resemble those caused by tuberculosis.pentastomiasis (pĕn″tă-stō-mī′ă-sĭs) Infection with certain genera of Pentastomida, the tongue worms. The larval forms usually live in the bodies of animals but have been reported in humans. |