schis·to·some (sh s t -s m )n. Any of several chiefly tropical trematode worms of the genus Schistosoma, many of which are parasitic in the blood of humans and other mammals. Also called bilharzia, blood fluke. [New Latin Schistos ma, genus name : Greek skhistos, split; see schist + Greek sma, body; see -some3.]schis to·somal (-sml) adj. |
schistosome [ˈʃɪstəˌsəʊm]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various blood flukes of the chiefly tropical genus Schistosoma, which cause disease in man and domestic animals Also called bilharzia
[from New Latin Schistosoma; see schist, -some3]
| schistosome (shst-sm) Any of several chiefly tropical trematodes of the genus Schistosoma, many of which are parasitic in the blood of birds and mammals, including three species that cause infection in humans, as in schistosomiasis. |
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| Noun | 1. | schistosome - flatworms parasitic in the blood vessels of mammals trematode, trematode worm, fluke - parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host genus Schistosoma, Schistosoma - type genus of the family Schistosomatidae: blood flukes |
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