See Also: Oncomelania(medicine)

tarse (iou) and Oncomelania (medicine)


tarse (iou)



tarse noun1.OE-M18.

The penis.

Oncomelania (medicine)


Oncomelania


A medically important genus of amphibious freshwater operculate snails of the family Hydrobiidae (subfamily Hydrobiinae; subclass Prosobranchiata). In the Orient, several subspecies of Oncomelania hupensis serve as intermediate hosts of the oriental blood fluke, Schistosoma japonicum.

Origin: onco-+ G. Melas (melan-), black