A skin condition caused by hookworm larvae of cats,
dogs and other animals that are unable to mature in
man, also known as creeping eruption.
A noncellular body covering secreted by an underlying
hypodermis of the nematodes which is shed four times
An order of the cestodes characterized by four sucking discs
on the scolex.
A protective form of certain protozoan organisms which
serves as a means of transmission to a new host.
A cestode larva with a well-formed scolex and tail which
develops from the hatched oncosphere of several
The condition of being infected with the cysticercus larva of
A larval form of a cyclophyllidean tapeworm, consisting of a
single scolex enclosed in a fluid filled bladder.
The protoplasm of a cell, other than that of the cell nucleus.
CYTOSTOMAL GROOVE A depression near the anterior end of certain flagellates.
The mouth-like aperture of certain protozoa, the cell mouth.
An opening in the cell membrane of many ciliates which
permits the expulsion of indigestable material.
That which harbors the adult or sexually reproducing stages-
of a parasite.
Possessing a double uterus; as in many nematodes.
The component of nutrition in which molecules are passed
through the permeable cell membrane where the
concentration of that nutrient is lower in-side the cell than