Medical Dictionary

Hexamita

noun Hex·am·i·ta \hek-ˈsam-ət-ə\

Medical Definition of HEXAMITA

:  a genus (the type of the family Hexamitidae) of binucleate zooflagellates that include free-living forms as well as intestinal parasites of birds (as H. meleagridis) and of salmonid fishes (as H. salmonis) that are associated with enteritides

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