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strobila

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strobila /stro·bi·la/ (stro-bi´lah) pl. strobi´lae   [L.] the chain of proglottids constituting the bulk of the body of adult tapeworms.
stro·bi·la (str-bl)
n. pl. stro·bi·lae (-l)
The segmented main body part of the adult tapeworm.
strobila [stro-bi´lah]
the chain of proglottids constituting the bulk of the body of adult tapeworms, sometimes considered to constitute the entire body, including the head, neck, and proglottids.
strobila
pl. strobilae [L.] the chain of proglottides constituting the bulk of the body of an adult tapeworm.
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Diphyllobothriasis nihonkaiense was diagnosed by morphologic appearance and taxonomic characteristics of the strobila (body of the mature tapeworm) passed in feces of a person who had a history of eating salmon or a habit of eating sushi or sashimi, which are normally composed of sea fish, often salmon.
Diphyllobothriasis associated with eating raw Pacific salmon by Arizono, Naoki; Yamada, Minoru; Nakamura-Uchiyama, Fukumi; Ohnishi, Kenji / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Fragments of strobila were fixed in 10% formalin, embedded in paraffin, sectioned, and stained with hematoxylineosin.
Diphyllobothriasis, Brazil by Dick, Terry / Emerging Infectious Diseases
 
 
 
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