anisakid

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noun

Any nematode in the family Anisakidae; they can cause anisakiasis among humans who eat infected raw fish.

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Meanings

nounanisakid (plural anisakids)

plural anisakids

  1. biologyAny nematode in the family Anisakidae; they can cause anisakiasis among humans who eat infected raw fish.

    The anisakid nematodes Anisakis simplex (Rudolphi, 1809), Pseudoterranova decipiens (Krabbe, 1878) and Contracaecum osculatum (Rudolphi, 1802) occur as third-stage larvae in marine fish products and may infect consumers ingesting raw or under-cooked fish products.

    2016 September 28, Kurt Buchmann, Foojan Mehrdana, “Effects of anisakid nematodes Anisakis simplex (s.l.), Pseudoterranova decipiens (s.l.) and Contracaecum osculatum (s.l.) on fish and consumer health”, in ScienceDirect

Translations

Portuguese anisaquídeo
  • anisaquídeoany member of the Anisakidae
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