trematode

trematode [trem-uh-tohd, tree-muh-] ExamplesWord Origin noun

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

Origin of trematode 1830–40; New Latin Trematoda class name Greek trēmatṓdēs having holes, equivalent to trēmat- (stem of trêma) hole + -ōdēs -ode1 Examples from the Web for trematode Historical Examples of trematode

The trematode parasites from a collection of amphibians and reptiles.

Natural History of the Racer Coluber constrictor

Henry S. Fitch

Bilharzia, bil′hr-zi-a, n. a human parasitic flat worm in the fluke or Trematode order, with differentiated sexes.

Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)

Various

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

Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)

Various

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

The New Gresham Encyclopedia

Various

In 1802 Bosc described and figured a trematode under the title of Fasciola fusca.

Parasites

T. Spencer Cobbold

British Dictionary definitions for trematode trematode noun

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

Word Origin for trematode C19: from New Latin Trematoda, from Greek trēmatōdēs full of holes, from trēma a hole trematode in Medicine trematode [trĕm′ə-tōd′] n.

1. Any of numerous flatworms of the class Trematoda.fluke

trematode in Science trematode [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. Also called fluke