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Fasciola hepatica
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  Fasciola hepatica - flatworm parasitic in liver and bile ducts of domestic animals and humansliver fluketrematode, trematode worm, fluke - parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a hostFasciola, genus Fasciola - a genus of Fasciolidae |
Fasciola hepatica
Fasciola hepatica[fə·′sē·ə·lə he′pad·ə·kə] (invertebrate zoology) A digenetic trematode which parasitizes sheep, cattle, and occasionally humans. Fasciola hepatica
Fas·ci·o·la he·pat·'i·cathe common liver fluke inhabiting the bile ducts of sheep and cattle; the intermediate hosts are aquatic snails, Lymnaea or related genera; after the cercariae escape, they become encysted on water plants by which they gain access to the intestinal canal; rarely, this fluke is reported from humans, in whom it may cause considerable biliary damage. FASCIOLA HEPATICA EGGFasciola hepaticaA species that infests the liver and bile ducts of cattle, sheep, and other herbivores; the common liver fluke. Infested aquatic plants are the source of human infection. See: illustrationSee also: FasciolaFasciola hepatica
Synonyms for Fasciola hepaticanoun flatworm parasitic in liver and bile ducts of domestic animals and humansSynonymsRelated Words- trematode
- trematode worm
- fluke
- Fasciola
- genus Fasciola
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