trematode

American  

[trem-uh-tohd, tree-muh-] / ˈtrɛm əˌtoʊd, ˈtri mə- /

noun

1. any parasitic platyhelminth or flatworm of the class Trematoda, having one or more external suckers; fluke.

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trematode British  

/ ˈtriː-, ˈtrɛməˌtəʊd /

noun

1. any parasitic flatworm of the class Trematoda , which includes the flukes

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trematode Scientific  

/ trĕm′ə-tōd′ /

1. Any of numerous parasitic flatworms of the class Trematoda, having a thick outer cuticle and one or more suckers or hooks for attaching to host tissue. Flatworms include both external and internal parasites of animal hosts, and some cause diseases of humans in tropical regions, such as schistosomiasis. Liver flukes, blood flukes, and planarians are flatworms.

2. Also called fluke

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Etymology

Origin of trematode

1830–40; < New Latin Trematoda class name < Greek trēmatṓdēs having holes, equivalent to trēmat- (stem of trêma ) hole + -ōdēs -ode ¹

Example Sentences

Esvelt is also collaborating with tropical-disease specialist Paul Brindley of George Washington University in Washington DC to study the application of gene drive to wiping out schistosomiasis, a disease caused by parasitic trematode worms.

From Nature

Gap′er; Gapes, a disease of birds, owing to the presence of trematode worms in the windpipe, shown by their uneasy gaping.—adj.

From Project Gutenberg

Dis�tomum, a genus of trematode or suctorial parasitic worms or flukes, infesting various parts in different animals.

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The trematodes usually have a flattened body covered with a chitinous skin, and are furnished with two or more suckers for adhesion.

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The bile ducts were thick, calcified and choked with literally thousands of the gray-green leaf-shaped trematodes.

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