liver fluke
noun
: any of various trematode worms (such as Fasciola hepatica) that invade the mammalian liver
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Another example is the lancet liver fluke (Dicrocoelium dendriticum), which infects the brains of ants, altering their behavior to increase the likelihood that they will be eaten by grazing animals.
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
Some of those holes will have liver flukes living inside them.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 29 Feb. 2024
Then there's the lancet liver fluke, whose complicated life cycle relies on successfully invading successive hosts: snails, ants, and grazing mammals.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2023
Yes, ivermectin is approved for some human uses: It is used to cure parasitic diseases that mostly occur in low-income countries, such as river blindness and liver flukes.
—Maryn McKenna, WIRED, 19 July 2023
The Chinese liver fluke requires wet marshy areas to sustain its life cycle and could not have been endemic to this arid region.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 25 July 2016
The doctors treated the man with a blood transfusion and the anti-parasitic drug triclabendazole, which is used specifically to treat liver flukes.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 8 Nov. 2019
The doctors extracted some of the worms and identified them as the common liver fluke Fasciola hepatica.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 8 Nov. 2019
There’s Toxoplasma gondii, which drives mice to seek out cats eager to eat them, and the liver fluke Dicrocoelium dendriticum, which motivates ants to climb blades of grass, exposing them to cows and sheep hungry for a snack.
—Quanta Magazine, 29 June 2017
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
Some of those holes will have liver flukes living inside them.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 29 Feb. 2024
Then there's the lancet liver fluke, whose complicated life cycle relies on successfully invading successive hosts: snails, ants, and grazing mammals.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2023
Yes, ivermectin is approved for some human uses: It is used to cure parasitic diseases that mostly occur in low-income countries, such as river blindness and liver flukes.
—Maryn McKenna, WIRED, 19 July 2023
The Chinese liver fluke requires wet marshy areas to sustain its life cycle and could not have been endemic to this arid region.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 25 July 2016
The doctors treated the man with a blood transfusion and the anti-parasitic drug triclabendazole, which is used specifically to treat liver flukes.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 8 Nov. 2019
The doctors extracted some of the worms and identified them as the common liver fluke Fasciola hepatica.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 8 Nov. 2019
There’s Toxoplasma gondii, which drives mice to seek out cats eager to eat them, and the liver fluke Dicrocoelium dendriticum, which motivates ants to climb blades of grass, exposing them to cows and sheep hungry for a snack.
—Quanta Magazine, 29 June 2017
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“Liver fluke.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/liver%20fluke. Accessed 7 Nov. 2024.
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