schistosome
/ˌʃɪstəˈsəʊm/noun
1- Zoology & Medicine a parasitic flatworm which needs two hosts to complete its life cycle. The immature form infests freshwater snails and the adult lives in the blood vessels of birds and mammals, causing bilharzia in humans.【动, 医】血吸虫, 裂体吸虫。亦称BLOOD FLUKE.
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- Genus Schistosoma, subclass Digenea, class Trematoda.裂体吸虫属, 复殖亚纲, 吸虫纲。
词源
early 20th cent.: from modern Latin Schistosoma, from Greek skhistos 'divided' + sōma 'body'.