Medical Dictionary

giant kidney worm

noun

Medical Definition of GIANT KIDNEY WORM

:  a blood-red nematode worm of the genus Dioctophyma (D. renale) that sometimes exceeds a yard in length and invades mammalian kidneys especially of the dog and occasionally of humans

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