Medical Dictionary

tongue worm

noun

Medical Definition of TONGUE WORM

:  any of a phylum or arthropod class (Pentastomida) of parasitic invertebrates that live as adults in the respiratory passages of reptiles, birds, or mammals—see halzoun

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