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Chilomastix

noun Chi·lo·mas·tix \ˌkī-lō-ˈmas-tiks\

Medical Definition of CHILOMASTIX

:  a genus of pear-shaped protozoans of the subphylum Mastigophora possessing three flagella and usually occurring commensally in the intestines of various vertebrates and including one (C. mesnili) that occurs as a nonpathogenic parasite in the cecum and colon of humans

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