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metacercaria (medicine) and marver (iou)


metacercaria (medicine)


metacercaria


The post-cercarial encysted stage in the life history of a fluke, prior to transfer to the definitive host. Some cercariae attach themselves to grass or Other vegetation, form metacercaria, and later are ingested by herbivores, as in Fasciola and similar forms; others encyst in muscles of fish, as in Clonorchis, or in crayfish, as in Paragonimus.

Origin: meta-+ G. Kerkos, tail


marver (iou)



marver noun & verb. M19.
[French marbre MARBLE noun.]
A. noun. A polished slab of marble or iron on which glass-blowers roll and shape hot glass under the blowpipe. M19.
b. verb trans. Roll (glass) on a marver. M19.