| Dioctophyma | A genus of very large nematode worms infecting the kidney. Origin: L. Fr. G. Dionkoo, to distend, + phyma, growth (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Dioctophyma renale | A large blood red nematode found in the pelvis of the kidney and the peritoneal cavity of the dog; fairly common in wild carnivores like the mink, but rarely found in man; the life cycle is via leeches ectoparasitic on crayfish, which are then eaten by various fishes and finally by man or any of a number of other mammalian fish-eating hosts. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dioctophymatoidea | A superfamily of nematodes of the order enoplida. Characteristics include a well developed cylindrical oesophagus. (12 Dec 1998) |