Usually means: Immature fluke in secondary host.
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General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. metacercaria: Merriam-Webster
  2. metacercaria: Collins English Dictionary
  3. metacercaria: Wiktionary
  4. metacercaria: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. metacercaria: Dictionary.com

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  1. metacercaria: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. metacercaria: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Metacercaria: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (metacercaria)

noun:  The encysted stage of a trematode parasite (flukes) in the tissues of an intermediate host.

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