A disease caused by liver flukes from the Opisthorchis species, e.g. O. viverrini seen widely in southeast Asia. See also cholangiocarcinoma.... opisthorchiasis
The name for a position assumed by the body during one of the convulsive seizures of TETANUS. The muscles of the back, by their spasmodic contraction, arch the body in such a way that the person for a time may rest upon the bed only by their heels and head.... opisthotonos
n. a genus of parasitic flukes occurring in E Europe, Russia, India, Japan, and SE Asia. O. felineus is normally a parasite of fish-eating mammals but humans can become infected after eating raw or undercooked fish. The adult flukes, which live in the bile ducts, can cause *opisthorchiasis.... opisthorchis
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