Medical Dictionary

Strongylidae

noun pl Stron·gyl·i·dae \strän-ˈjil-ə-ˌdē\

Medical Definition of STRONGYLIDAE

:  a large family of nematode worms of the suborder Strongylina that are parasites of vertebrates and have a globular to cylindrical buccal capsule and a circlet of laminar processes about the mouth

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