schistosome

American  

[shis-tuh-sohm] / ˈʃɪs təˌsoʊm /

noun

1. Also called bilharzia.  any elongated trematode of the genus Schistosoma, parasitic in the blood vessels of humans and other mammals; a blood fluke.

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adjective

1. Also schistosomal. pertaining to or caused by schistosomes.

schistosome British  

/ ˈʃɪstəˌsəʊm /

noun

1. Also called: bilharzia.  any of various blood flukes of the chiefly tropical genus Schistosoma, which cause disease in man and domestic animals

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schistosome Scientific  

/ shĭs′tə-sōm′ /

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of schistosome

1900–05; < New Latin Schistosoma, equivalent to schist ( us ) ( schist ) + -o- -o- + -soma (neuter plural) -some ³