Taber's Medical Dictionary
Baylisascaris procyonis
(bāl″ĭ-sas′kă-rĭs prō″sē-ōn′ĭs, sē′ŏn-ĭs )
[L. procyon, raccoon fr. Gr.]
The raccoon roundworm. Accidental consumption of roundworm eggs (such as by children who put contaminated soil in their mouths) can result in encephalitis.
SYN: SEE: raccoon ascaris
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Baylisascaris Procyonis." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/767150/0/Baylisascaris_procyonis.
Baylisascaris procyonis. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/767150/0/Baylisascaris_procyonis. Accessed April 11, 2025.
Baylisascaris procyonis. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/767150/0/Baylisascaris_procyonis
Baylisascaris Procyonis [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 April 11]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/767150/0/Baylisascaris_procyonis.
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