/shis"teuh sohm'/ , n.
1. Also called bilharzia . any elongated trematode of the genus Schistosoma, parasitic in the blood vessels of humans and other mammals; a blood fluke.
adj.
2. Also, schistosomal . pertaining to or caused by schistosomes.
[ 1900-05; Schistosoma, equiv. to schist ( us ) (see SCHIST) + -o- -O- + -soma (neut. pl.) -SOME 3 ]