schistosome
A parasitic flatworm which needs two hosts to complete its life cycleA 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.
Meaning
1 sensesA 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.
шистосо́маšistosóma
flatworms parasitic in the blood vessels of mammals
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From translingual Schistosoma, from Ancient Greek σχιστός (skhistós, “cleaved, divided”) +From translingual Schistosoma, from Ancient Greek σχιστός (skhistós, “cleaved, divided”) + σῶμα (sôma, “body”).
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Forms
plural: schistosomes| Singular | schistosome |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- flatworms parasitic in the blood vessels of mammals:blood fluke
Word family
4 related wordsSee also
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