Taber's Medical Dictionary
Brugia malayi
(broo′jă mah-lā′-ī)
A filarial parasitic worm that can invade lymphatics and cause massive swelling of the scrotum or of the lower extremities. The latter condition is called elephantiasis.
SEE: elephantiasis; SEE: Wuchereria
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Brugia Malayi." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/759546/all/Brugia_malayi.
Brugia malayi. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/759546/all/Brugia_malayi. Accessed December 8, 2023.
Brugia malayi. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/759546/all/Brugia_malayi
Brugia Malayi [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2023 December 08]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/759546/all/Brugia_malayi.
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