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ANISAKIS

Specialty Definition: ANISAKIS

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Health

A genus of nematodes of the superfamily Ascaridoidea. Its organisms are found in the stomachs of marine animals and birds. Human infection occurs by ingestion of raw fish that contain larvae. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: ANISAKIS

Specialty definitions using "ANISAKIS": Anisakiasis. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: ANISAKIS

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Health

Anisakiasis is caused by the accidental ingestion of larvae of the nematodes (roundworms) Anisakis simplex and Pseudoterranova decipiens. (references)

Adult stages of Anisakis simplex or Pseudoterranova decipiens reside in the stomach of marine mammals, where they are embedded in the mucosa, in clusters. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: ANISAKIS

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

anisakis

10

anatomy anisakis

2

anisakis picture

2
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Anagrams: ANISAKIS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-i-i-k-n-s-s"

-2 letters: siskin.

-3 letters: assai, kains, kanas, kinas, sains, sakis, sasin, sinks, skins.

-4 letters: ains, akin, anas, anis, ansa, asks, inia, inks, kaas, kain, kana, kina, kins, kiss, nisi, sain, saki, sank, sans, sink, sins, skas, skin, skis.

-5 letters: aas, ain, ais, ana, ani, ask, ass, ink, ins, kas, kin, sin, sis, ska, ski.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-i-i-k-n-s-s"
 

+4 letters: aniseikonias, galligaskins, painstakings.

 

+5 letters: antiblackisms.

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Alternative Orthography: ANISAKIS


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 4E 49 53 41 4B 49 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01001110 01001001 01010011 01000001 01001011 01001001 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 004E 0049 0053 0041 004B 0049 0053

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3548435335454353

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Quotations: Non-fiction
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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