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Physaloptera Physaloptera (fī'să-lop'tĕr-ă), A large genus of spiruroid roundworms parasitic in the stomach and duodenum of vertebrates, especially birds and mammals; they are transmitted through insect and annelid intermediate hosts and are frequently pathogenic, causing erosions and catarrhal gastritis. Physaloptera caucasica is a species reported in humans in the Republic of Georgia and other areas of the Causcaus to the south of Russia; Physaloptera mordens is a species from tropical Africa found only rarely in the esophagus, stomach, and intestine of humans (probably cases of temporary infection from ingestion of infected insects). [G. physallis, bladder, + pteron, wing] Physaloptera (fĭs″ă-lŏp′tĕr-ă) [″ + pteron, wing] A genus of nematode worms belonging to the suborder Spiruata.Physaloptera caucasicaA species that occurs in and damages the upper gastrointestinal tract. |