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Oysters

Medical Definition: Marine bivalve mollusks of several genera (Ostrea, Crassostrea, Pinctada, Meleagrina) with a rough irregular shell closed by a single adductor muscle. It includes oysters as food.
Guide Notes: as animal & food; IM; as food, coord IM with SHELLFISH (IM); /microbiol /parasitol /virol permitted
Previously Indexed: Mollusca (1966-1971)

Oysters Medical Definitions and Terms

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