Medical Dictionary

Haemonchus

noun Hae·mon·chus \hē-ˈmäŋ-kəs\

Medical Definition of HAEMONCHUS

:  a widely distributed genus of nematode worms (family Trichostrongylidae) including the barber's pole worm (H. contortus)—see haemonchosis

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