schistosome

schis·to·some  (shst-sm)

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.

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[New Latin Schistosma, genus name : Greek skhistos, split; see schist + Greek sma, body; see -some³.]

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schisto·somal (-sml) adj.

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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 blood fluke 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