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Descriptor English: Metacercariae
Descriptor Spanish: Metacercarias
Descriptor metacercarias
Entry term(s) metacercaria
Scope note: Cercarias enquistadas que albergan los estadios intermedios de los parásitos trematodos en tejidos de un anfitrión intermedio.
Descriptor Portuguese: Metacercárias
Descriptor French: Metacercariae
Tree number(s): B05.500.500.150.500
G07.345.500.550.500.500.150.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D058488
Scope note: Encysted cercaria which house the intermediate stages of trematode parasites in tissues of an intermediate host.
Annotation: do not use / embryol with reference to metacercariae
Allowable Qualifiers: AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
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
Public MeSH Note: 2011
History Note: 2011
DeCS ID: 53928
Unique ID: D058488
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Date Established: 2011/01/01
Date of Entry: 2010/06/25
Revision Date: 2016/06/17
Metacercariae - Preferred
Concept UI M0542823
Scope note Encysted cercaria which house the intermediate stages of trematode parasites in tissues of an intermediate host.
Preferred term Metacercariae



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