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rhabdion

rhabdion

[′rab·dē‚än]
(invertebrate zoology)
One of the sclerotized segments lining the buccal cavity of nematodes.
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Typical of lungworm larvae, the two species were similar in size and the presence of characteristic sclerotized rhabdions at the anterior end of the larvae.
Enzootic angiostrongylus cantonensis in rats and snails after an outbreak of human eosinophilic meningitis, Jamaica. (Dispatches)
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