Taber's Medical Dictionary
Acanthocephala
(ă-kan″thŏ-sef′ă-lă )
[ acantho- + Gr. kephalē, head]
A phylum of parasitic worms. Their usual hosts are fish and birds.
SYN: SEE: proboscis worms; SEE: spiny-headed worms; SEE: thorny-headed worms.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Acanthocephala." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/750227/all/Acanthocephala.
Acanthocephala. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/750227/all/Acanthocephala. Accessed May 9, 2025.
Acanthocephala. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/750227/all/Acanthocephala
Acanthocephala [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 May 09]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/750227/all/Acanthocephala.
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