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heart·worm (härt

wûrm

)

1. A filarial worm (Dirofilaria immitis) transmitted by mosquitoes and parasitic in the heart and associated blood vessels of dogs and other canids.

2. The condition resulting from infestation with the heartworm.

heartworm [ˈhɑːtˌwɜːm]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a parasitic nematode worm, Dirofilaria immitis, that lives in the heart and bloodstream of vertebrates

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No references found			Heartworm - also known as Dirofilariasis, this despicable little worm plies its trade in Southern Europe, USA, Canada and Asia. Why we're sailing close to the wind; RECORD PETS by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) We report 14 cases of human subcutaneous dirofilariasis caused by Dirofilaria repens, diagnosed from February 2003 through July 2004, in patients from Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Human subcutaneous dirofilariasis, Russia by Simon, Fernando / Emerging Infectious Diseases Dashiell (1) reported the first documented pulmonary infarction associated with Dirofilaria in 1961, and Goodman and Gore (2) reported the first report of pulmonary infarct associated with human dirofilariasis in 1964. Adolescent girl presenting with solitary pulmonary nodule. ... by Syed, Salahuddin; Xiao, Shu-Yuan; Schnadig, Vicki J. / Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine			direfully Direly Dirempt Diremption Direness direption Direptitious Direptitiously dirge Dirgeful dirham Dirichlet Dirige Dirigent dirigible dirigisme dirigiste diriment diriment impediment dirk Dirk knife Dirkness Dirksen Dirl dirndl Dirofilariasis dirt dirt ball Dirt bed dirt bike dirt cheap dirt dauber Dirt eating dirt farmer Dirt pie dirt road dirt track dirt-cheap dirt-poor dirtbag dirtily dirtiness dirty dirty bomb dirty dog dirty joke dirty laundry dirty linen dirty money dirty old man dirty pool			DIRMM DIRMOBFOR DIRMU DirN DIRNAVCURSERV DIRNCPB DIRNCPBDET dirndl dirndl skirt dirndl skirts dirndls DIRNSA Diro Diro Diro DIROCD Dirofilaria Dirofilaria acutiuscula Dirofilaria conjunctivae Dirofilaria corynodes Dirofilaria immitis Dirofilaria immitis Dirofilaria immitis Dirofilaria repens Dirofilaria roemeri Dirofilaria striata Dirofilaria tenuis Dirofilaria ursi Dirofilariasis Dirona DIROO DIRP DIRPA DIRPAT DIRPRO DIRPROG DIRR Dirr, Adolf DIRRES DIRS Dirschau DIRSI DIRSO DIRSP DIRSSP DIRSSPO DIRSUP dirt dirt dirt dirt Dirt Bag Index dirt ball Dirt Band Dirt bed Dirt bed Dirt Between Light Bulbs

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heartworm (redirected from Dirofilariasis)

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