Medical Dictionary

Echinorhynchus

noun Echi·no·rhyn·chus \i-ˌkī-nə-ˈriŋ-kəs\

Medical Definition of ECHINORHYNCHUS

:  a genus (the type of the family Echinorhynchidae) of small cylindrical acanthocephalan worms that are parasitic in various vertebrates

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