SCHISTOSOME


Meaning of SCHISTOSOME in English

noun Etymology: New Latin Schistosoma, from Greek schistos + sōma body Date: 1905 any of a genus ( Schistosoma ) of elongated trematode worms with the sexes separate that parasitize the blood vessels of birds and mammals and cause a destructive human schistosomiasis, schistosomal adjective ~ adjective

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