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Dicrocoelium

Dicrocoelium

a genus of trematode liver flukes of the family dicrocoeliidae which includes the species dendriticum and hospes. It occurs in the biliary passages or liver of many vertebrates including man. The intermediate hosts are mainly mollusks but occasionally ants.


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