xenoma

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xenoma

[zēnō′mə]

a tumor that develops on tissue infected with certain parasites.

xenoma

a massive hypertrophic lesion caused in fish by the microsporidian protozoan parasites Nosema and Pleistophora spp.

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Glugea Microsporidia			These included, for mytilid taxa, the gregarines, ciliates, procaryote inclusions, trematode metacercariae, coccidians, copepods, xenomas (cells distended with numerous gill ciliates as described in Otto et al. Distribution of parasites and pathologies in sentinel bivalves: NOAA ... by Kim, Yungkul; Powell, Eric N. / Journal of Shellfish Research Sphenophryids are unique because when they occur in large numbers they can induce a distinctive lesion known as a xenoma (Weissenberg 1922). Parasitic and symbiotic fauna in oysters (Crassostrea virginica) ... by Tolley S. Gregory / Journal of Shellfish Research			xanthotoxin xanthurenic acid xanthurenic aciduria Xe Xeloda xemilofiban xen xen(o)- xen- Xenical xeno- xenoantibody xenoantigen xenobiothomochelidonine xenobiotic xenobiotics xenodiagnosis xenoestrogens xenogeneic xenogenesis xenogenic xenogenous xenograft xenoimmunization xenology xenoma xenon xenon-133 xenoparasite xenophobia xenophonia xenophthalmia Xenopsylla Xenopus laevis xenoreactivity xenotransplant Xenotransplantation xenotropic xenotropic virus xenotype Xepin xer(o)- xer- Xerecept xero- xerochilia xeroderma xeroderma pigmentosa xeroderma pigmentosum xerodermoid xerodermosteosis			xenogenesis Xenogenesis Trilogy Xenogenesis Trilogy xenogenetic xenogenetic xenogenic xenogenic xenogenous xenogeny Xenoglossia Xenoglossy Xenografic Defined Flora xenograft xenograft xenograft Xenograft Transmissible Venereal Tumor Xenografts Xenografts Xenografts Xenografts Treated with Alcohol xenoimmunization xenolith xenolith xenolithic xenolithic Xenoliths Xenoliths Xenologist xenologists Xenology xenoma Xenomania Xenomi Xenomorph (geology) Xenomorph (geology) Xenomorphic Xenomorphic Xenomorphic Cell Foci xenon xenon xenon xenon Xenon 133 Xenon anaesthesia Xenon anaesthesia Xenon anaesthesia Xenon anesthesia Xenon anesthesia Xenon anesthesia Xenon arc lamp Xenon arc lamp Xenon arc lamp Xenon arc lamp Xenon Beacon Tracker Xenon Chloride Xenon Cobalt Server Monitor Xenon Discharge Tube Xenon flash Xenon flash lamp Xenon flash lamp Xenon flash tube

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