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Descriptor in English: Spirurida
Descriptor in Spanish: Espirúridos
Descriptor in Portuguese: Espirurídios
Descriptor in French: Spirurida
Entry term(s): Spiruridas
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.500.294.400.937
Scope note: An order of nematodes of the subclass SECERNENTEA. Characteristics include ventral or caudoventral papillae and an esophagus divided into anterior muscular and posterior glandular parts.
Annotation: an order of nematodes; do not confuse with the suborder SPIRURINA or the superfamily SPIRUROIDEA; infection = SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS
Allowable Qualifiers: AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
History Note: 93
DeCS UI: 30501
Descriptor UI: D017174
Date Established: 1993/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/05/22
Revision Date: 2017/07/12
Spirurida - Preferred
Concept UI M0026077
Scope note An order of nematodes of the subclass SECERNENTEA. Characteristics include ventral or caudoventral papillae and an esophagus divided into anterior muscular and posterior glandular parts.
Preferred term Spirurida
Entry term(s) Spiruridas



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