Anisakiasis
anisakiasis
anisakiasis an·i·sa·ki·a·sis (ān’ĭ-sə-kī’ə-sĭs)
n.
infection of the intestinal wall with larvae of the nematode anisakis marina, characterized by symptoms resembling those of septic ulcer or tumor.
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