Medical Term:
Digenea
Pronunciation: dī-jē′nē-ă
Definition: Subclass of parasitic flatworms (class Trematoda) characterized by a complex life cycle involving developmental multiplying stages in a mollusk intermediate host, an adult stage in a vertebrate, and often involving an additional transport host or an additional intermediate host; includes all the common flukes of humans and other mammals.
[G. di-, two, + genesis, generation]
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Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.
