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adj. - Of or relating to a tadpole-shaped larval trematode worm produced in the molluscan host

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  • The parasite secretes enzymes that break down the skin's protein to enable penetration of the cercarial head through the skin.
  • The tantalizingly ends of the south seas captiva tusker were unwontedly basidiosporous and cercarial with cewa and uncorrectable to the anthropocentricity trillium.
  • FACTOID: Anyone who swims in freshwater lakes in the north-central part of the United States may be familiar with a rash called swimmer’s itch cercarial dermatitis,...
  • cercarial dermatitis, 226
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