schistosome

schistosome
/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; < NL Schistosoma, equiv. to schist(us) (see SCHIST) + -o- -O- + -soma (neut. pl.) -SOME3]

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