TUMEFACIENT
\tjˈuːmɪfˌe͡ɪʃənt], \tjˈuːmɪfˌeɪʃənt], \t_j_ˈuː_m_ɪ_f_ˌeɪ_ʃ_ə_n_t]\
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Producing, or tending to produce, tumefaction.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Hymenolepis
- A genus of small tapeworms birds and mammals. A genus of Cestoda or tapeworms. A cestode worm order Cyclophyllideae, family Hymenolepinidae, genus Hymenolepis. includes several genera, such as H. Diminuta, occasionally infesting children, and Nana, or the dwarf tapeworm of children. Flavopuncta. See Taenia flavopuncta, under tenia.