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Rhabditis(medicine)
rhabditis(dictionary)

rhabditis (iou)



rhabditis noun. L19.
[mod. Latin Rhabditis (see below), from Greek rhabdos rod.]
A nematode of the genus Rhabditis, found in soil, water, and detritus, and in the larval stage possibly a facultative parasite of mammals. Now chiefly as mod. Latin genus name.
rhab'ditic,
rhab'ditiform adjectives characteristic or of the form of a rhabditis; spec. having or designating a short thick oesophagus with one or more bulbs, as in rhabditids and some other nematode larvae: L19.
rhabditoid adjective & noun (a) adjective = rhabditiform; (b) noun a nematode with a rhabditiform oesophagus: L19.