Trematoda

[trem-uh-toh-duh, tree-muh-]

noun

the class comprising the trematodes.

Origin of Trematoda

From New Latin; see origin at trematode

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Historical Examples of trematoda

Similar to them in appearance are the flukes (Trematoda), of which the best known of a large variety is that which infests sheep.
Zoology: The Science of Animal Life
Ernest Ingersoll
The tristomes are not strictly entozoa, yet their internal organisation conforms more to the Trematoda than to the Hirudinid.
Parasites
T. Spencer Cobbold
This is the hirudinean of which we have spoken above, which is allied transitionally to the trematoda.
Animal Parasites and Messmates
P. J. Van Beneden
It develops during the encapsuled state into a cystic worm, equivalent to the sporocyst of Trematoda.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume II (of 4)
Francis Maitland Balfour
This stage corresponds to the ciliated larval stage of the Trematoda.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume II (of 4)
Francis Maitland Balfour

trematoda in Medicine

Trematoda

[trĕm′ə-tō′də]

n.

A class of flatworms of the phylum Platyhelminthes, including both external and internal parasites of animal hosts, that have a thick outer cuticle and one or more suckers or hooks for attaching to host tissue; the flukes.

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