plat·y·hel·minth

(plăt′ĭ-hĕl′mĭnth)

[From New Latin Platyhelminthēs, phylum name : platy- + Greek helmīs, helminth-, parasitic worm; see wel- in Indo-European roots.]

plat′y·hel·min′thic adj.

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platyhelminth

(ˌplætɪˈhɛlmɪnθ)

(Animals) any invertebrate of the phylum Platyhelminthes (the flatworms)

[C19: from New Latin Platyhelmintha flatworm, from platy- + Greek helmins worm]

ˌplatyhelˈminthic adj

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plat•y•hel•minth

(ˌplæt ɪˈhɛl mɪnθ)

n.

any of various unsegmented worms of the phylum Platyhelminthes, with a soft, flattened body, including the tapeworm, planarian, and trematode. Also called flatworm.

[1875–80; < New Latin Platyhelmintha flatworm. See platy-, helminth]

plat`y•hel•min′thic, adj.

plat·y·hel·minth

(plăt′ĭ-hĕl′mĭnth)

See flatworm.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

platyhelminth - parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body

flatworm

flame cell - organ of excretion in flatworms

worm - any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae

phylum Platyhelminthes, Platyhelminthes - flatworms

planaria, planarian - free-swimming mostly freshwater flatworms; popular in laboratory studies for the ability to regenerate lost parts

trematode, trematode worm, fluke - parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host

cestode, tapeworm - ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates

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Fine structure of the mature Plasmodium of Intoshia variabili (phylum Orthonectida), a parasite of the platyhelminth Macrorhynchus crocea.

A New Species of Orthonectida That Parasitizes Xenoturbella bocki: Implications for Studies on Xenoturbella

(1-4) The causative agent is the larval stage of parasitic platyhelminth, Echinococcus granulosus (E.

Protoscolicidal Effects of the Garlic Chloroformic Extract on the Protoscolices of Hydatid Cyst at a Short Exposure Time, up to Five Minutes

Vasandakumar, "Survey of freshwater snails in malabar, kerala and an account on the prevalence of infection by digenean (platyhelminth) parasites," JCBPS, vol.

Morphological Characterization of Emerging Cercariae among Lymnaeid Snails from Barangay Cawongan, Padre Garcia, Batangas, Philippines

Novoselov et al., "Platyhelminth mitochondrial and cytosolic redox homeostasis is controlled by a single thioredoxin glutathione reductase and dependent on selenium and glutathione," The Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol.

Insight into the Mechanistic Basis of the Hysteretic-Like Kinetic Behavior of Thioredoxin-Glutathione Reductase (TGR)

Platyhelminth genera are especially robust in regenerative capacity after anatomic partition (Newmark and Alvarado, 2002; Wagner et al., 2011).

Polyploidy as a chromosomal component of stochastic noise: variable scalar multiples of the diploid chromosome complement in the invertebrate species Girardia schubarti from Brazil/Poliploidia como componente cromossomico de ruido estocastico: variacoes escalares multiplas do componente cromossomico diploide do invertebrado Girardia schubarti ocorrente no Brasil

Delcroix M, Sajid M, CaVrey CR, Lim K-C, Dvorak J, Hsieh I, Bahgat M, Dissous C, McKerrow JH (2006) A multienzyme network functions in intestinal protein digestion by a platyhelminth parasite.

Trypsin from jumbo squid (Dosidicus gigas) hepatopancreas: purification and characterization/Tripsina del hepatopancreas de calamar gigante (Dosidicus gigas): purificacion y caracterizacion/Tripsina do hepatopancreas de lula gigante (Dosidicus gigas): purificacao e caracterizacao

& Hartenstein, V Neurobiology of the basal platyhelminth Macrostomum lignano: map and digital 3D model of the juvenile brain neuropile.

Identification in Immuno-Electron Microscopy of Solitary Multi-Polar Peripheral Neurons of Adult Opisthorchis viverrini by Antibody Against Rat Diacylglycerol Kinase[zeta]/ Identificacion por Microscopia Imuno-Electronica de las Neuronas Perifericas Multipolares Solitarias del Opisthorchis viverrini Adulto Mediante Anticuerpo contra la Diacilglicerol Kinasa de Ratas

[6.] Kearn GC, Evans-Gowing R (1998) Attachment and detachment of the anterior adhesive pads of the monogenean (Platyhelminth) parasite Entobdella soleae from the skin of the common sole (Solea solea).

Surface topography of the anterior adhesive apparatus of the gill monogenean parasite Diplectanum sp. diesing, 1858, with some surface criteria

The adult platyhelminth parasites of Nebraska fishes.

Morphological variation of Allocreadium lobatum (Digenea: Allocreadiidae) in the creek chub, Semotilus atromaculatus (Osteichthyes: Cyprinidae), in Nebraska, USA

Platyhelminth infections (Tylocephalum sp.; Figure 11; mean [+ or -] standard deviation sizes 97.66 [+ or -] 0.04 [micro]m by 80.34 [+ or -] 0.08 [micro]m) were observed in the connective tissues of Anomalocardia brasiliana and Crassostrea rhizophorae winter samples, with a higher prevalence seen in the latter (Table 3).

A status assessment of perkinsiosis, bonamiosis, and mateiliosis in commercial marine bivalves from Southern Brazil

As to the fauna of the non-Insecta invertebrates, studies have also been reported on the platyhelminth Temnocephala (Damborenea et al., 1997), the aquatic annelids Oligochaeta (Armendariz et al., 2000; Armendariz and Cesar, 2001), the Hirudinea (Cesar et al, 2009), the ostracod crustaceans (Cesar et al., 2001; Cesar and Liberto, 2008; Liberto et al., 2012), and the aquatic and terrestrial Mollusca (Rumi et al, 1996; Rumi et al., 2004; Martin and Negrete, 2006; Rumi et al., 2007; Martin, 2008; Martin et al., 2009; Cesar et al., 2012).

Annelida (Oligochaeta and Aphanoneura) from the Natural Reserve of Isla Martin Garcia (upper Rio de la Plata estuary, Argentina): biodiversity and response to environmental variables/ Annelida (Oligochaeta e Aphanoneura) da Reserva Natural de Usos Multiplos Ilha Martin Garcia, Rio de La Plata: biodiversidade e reposta as variaveis ambientais

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