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Definition of Cestode

1. Noun. Ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates.

Definition of Cestode

1. a. Of or pertaining to the Cestoidea.

Definition of Cestode

1. Noun. Any of various parasitic tapeworms of the class ''Cestoda'' ¹

2. Adjective. Of or characteristic of such creatures ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cestode

1. a tapeworm [n -S] - See also: tapeworm

Medical Definition of Cestode

1. Common name for tapeworms of the class Cestoidea or its subclasses, Cestoda and Cestodaria. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cestode

Literary usage of Cestode

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1907)
"AN ABNORMAL cestode PROGLOTTID.1 EDWIN LINTON. ... Among a lot of free segments of the cestode ... cestode ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1914)
"The comparative study shows that the apical organ of this new cestode from the turtle is neither end-organ, terminal sucker nor muscle-cone. ..."

3. A Manual of the practice of medicine by Arthur Albert Stevens (1915)
"WORM INFECTION-HELMINTHIASIS TAPEWORM OR cestode INFECTION Varieties.—Taenia solium; Taenia saginata; ..."

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