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  • adjective Manson (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Manson's ..."

Etymologies

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Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Manson.

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Examples

  • Evidence for immune-facilitated excretion of schistosome eggs from patients with Schistosoma mansoni and human immunodeficiency virus coinfections.

    Parasite Rex

  • The best studied are schistosomes, such as Schistosoma mansoni, which cause the disease schistisomiasis.

    Parasite Rex

  • Ever since then, the fluke Schistosoma mansoni has lived in our veins.

    Parasite Rex

  • Schistosoma mansoni stops near the large intestine.

    Parasite Rex

  • Consider the blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni, a tiny missile just emerged from its snail and swimming through a pond in search of a human ankle.

    Parasite Rex

  • The best studied are schistosomes, such as Schistosoma mansoni, which cause the disease schistisomiasis.

    Parasite Rex

  • Schistosoma mansoni stops near the large intestine.

    Parasite Rex

  • A review of schistosomiasis in immigrants in Western Australia, demonstrating the unusual longevity of Schistosoma mansoni.

    Parasite Rex

  • Evidence for immune-facilitated excretion of schistosome eggs from patients with Schistosoma mansoni and human immunodeficiency virus coinfections.

    Parasite Rex

  • A review of schistosomiasis in immigrants in Western Australia, demonstrating the unusual longevity of Schistosoma mansoni.

    Parasite Rex

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