schistosome

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
19
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/ˈʃɪ.stə(ʊ)ˌsəʊm/
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/ˈʃɪ.stə(ʊ)ˌsəʊm/ · /ˈʃɪ.stəˌsoʊm/ · /ˈskɪ.stəˌsoʊm/

Definition of schistosome

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. 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.

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Etymology

From translingual Schistosoma, from Ancient Greek σχιστός (skhistós, “cleaved, divided”) + σῶμα (sôma, “body”).

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