Taber's Medical Dictionary
Diphyllobothrium
(dī-fil″ō-both′rē-ŭm )
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A genus of tapeworm of the order Pseudophyllidea, marked by a scolex with two bothria (slitlike grooves). The genus was formerly called Dibothriocephalus.
SEE: Pseudophyllidea
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Diphyllobothrium." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/740723/all/Diphyllobothrium.
Diphyllobothrium. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/740723/all/Diphyllobothrium. Accessed October 26, 2025.
Diphyllobothrium. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/740723/all/Diphyllobothrium
Diphyllobothrium [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 October 26]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/740723/all/Diphyllobothrium.
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