Physa

Physa
Type genus of the freshwater pulmonate snails (family Physidae), which includes several common American species such as P. parkeri, P. gyrina, and P. integra; they are intermediate hosts of a number of bird and animal trematodes, including several that cause schistosome dermatitis in humans. [G. a pair of bellows; an air bubble; bladder]

Medical dictionary. 2011.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Physa — Physa …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Physa — acuta Systematik Ordnung: Lungenschnecken (Pulmonata) Unterordnung …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Physa — Phy sa, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a bellows.] (Zo[ o]l.) A genus of fresh water Pulmonifera, having reversed spiral shells. See {Pond snail}, under {Pond}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Physa — (gr.), 1) die Blase; 2) so v.w. Blasenschnecke 3);. 3) P. P. Th., Pflanzengattung aus der Familie Portulaceae Mollugineae, gehört zu Glinus Löffl.; Art: P. madagascariensis …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Physa — (griech.), Blase …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Physa — Physa, griech., die Blase; Physema, Aufblasung; Physeter, der Blasebalg; der Potfisch oder Kaschelot …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • PHYSA — piscis anemodicticus, mediterranei Maris, maxime illus plagae, quâ Nilus in mare devolvitur, incola; totus sphaericus in globum a natura decircinatur: ventum spirantem extra cubiculum, ubi asservatur, ingenitâ quâdam vi indicat. Georg. de Sepibus …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • Physa — Phy …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Physa — Taxobox name = Physa image caption = shells of Physa fontinalis status = regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Gastropoda subclassis = Orthogastropoda superordo = Heterobranchia ordo = Basommatophora superfamilia = Lymnaeoidea familia =… …   Wikipedia

  • physa — noun any member of the genus Physa • Hypernyms: ↑gastropod, ↑univalve • Member Holonyms: ↑genus Physa …   Useful english dictionary

  • physa — n. [Gr. physa, bladder] (CNIDARIA: Anthozoa) The bulbous base of burrowing Actinaria …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”