macrofilarian.
/ˌmakrə(ʊ)fᵻˈlɛːrɪə/, U.S. /ˌmækroʊfəˈlɛriə/ Medicine.
An adult filaria. Cf. microfilaria n. at micro- comb. form 1a(d).
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Nemathelminthes > [noun] > class Nematoda > genus Filaria > member of > larval form
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macrofilaria1973
1973 Proc. Ninth Internat. Congr. Trop. Med. & Malaria 2 117 Male macrofilariae are more resistant to this anthelmintic than female macrofilariae.
1978 Nature 22 June 604/2 As regards filariasis, there are drugs which will kill both microfilariae and macrofilariae.
1994 Trans. Royal Soc. Trop. Med. & Hygiene 88 108/1 Our results demonstrated good long-term suppression of microfilaraemia following a single dose..which had a marked effect on ‘bad responders’. These results suggested an effect on the macrofilariae.
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