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Definition

Syngamus

(sing'gă-mŭs )

A genus of nematodes parasitic in the respiratory tract of birds and mammals. The preferred name for the mammalian parasite is Mammomonogamus. Bird parasites have retained the name Syngamus.

SEE: Mammomonogamus.

S. laryngeus

SEE: Mammomonogamus laryngeus.