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opisthorchiasis

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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A disease of the liver in man, dogs, cats, and some other animals, caused by the presence (in the bile-ducts) of flukes (trematodes) belonging to the genus Opistorchis.

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  • noun infestation with flukes obtained from eating raw fish; common in eastern Asia

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