Author: Glossary

The condition of having two heads.  

A condition in which the two lateral halves of the heart are partially separated by a groove.  

An organism made up of two adherent bacteria. A pair of bacteria joined together.  

A pair of bacilli, linked end to end. A bacterium or microbe that occurs in pairs.  

The coexistence of physiological and pathological albuminuria.  

Having two sets of teeth, a primary and a permanent set, as in humans.  

The broad or fish tapeworm. The adult lives in the intestine of fish-eating mammals, including humans. The largest tapeworm infesting humans, it may reach a length of 50 to 60 ft or 15.2 to 18.3 m (average 20 ft or 6.1 m). The eggs develop into ciliated larvae that are eaten by small crustaceans called…

A species infesting dogs, cats, and other carnivores. Larval stages are occasionally found in humans.  

The heart-shaped tapeworm, a small species infesting dogs and seals in Greenland, formerly known as D. mansoni. The plerocercoids are occasionally found in humans.  

The toxin used for determining immunity to diphtheria.