schistosome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A parasitic flatworm which needs two hosts to complete its life cycle. The immature form infests freshwater snails and the adult lives in the blood vessels of birds and mammals, causing bilharzia in humans.

/ˈʃɪ.stə(ʊ)ˌsəʊm/ /ˈʃɪ.stəˌsoʊm/ /ˈskɪ.stəˌsoʊm/

schistosome schistosomes

From translingual Schistosoma, from Ancient Greek σχιστός (skhistós, “cleaved, divided”) + σῶμα (sôma, “body”).

blood fluke

schistomulum schistosomiasis schistosomicidal schistosomicide

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