Annelida
(ă-nel′ĭ-dă )
[L. anellus, diminutive of anus, a ring + -ida ]
The phylum that includes earthworms, leeches, and other segmented worms. Some annelids are intermediate hosts for parasitic worms.
SEE: leech; SEE: medicinal leech
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Annelida." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/770301/0/Annelida.
Annelida. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/770301/0/Annelida. Accessed April 9, 2025.
Annelida. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/770301/0/Annelida
Annelida [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 April 09]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/770301/0/Annelida.
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