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Pronunciation: het′ĕr-of′i-ēz
Definition: A genus of digenetic flukes (family Heterophyidae) parasitic in fish-eating birds and mammals, including man; cercariae from infected snails penetrate and encyst in fish, which are eaten by the final hosts.
[hetero- + G. phyē, stature, form]
Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.
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