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Definition of Redia

1. n. A kind of larva, or nurse, which is prroduced within the sporocyst of certain trematodes by asexual generation. It in turn produces, in the same way, either another generation of rediæ, or else cercariæ within its own body. Called also proscolex, and nurse. See Illustration in Appendix.

Definition of Redia

1. Noun. the larva of some trematodes, some of which become cercariae ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Redia

1. the larva of certain flatworms [n -DIAE or -DIAS] : REDIAL [adj]

Medical Definition of Redia

1. A kind of larva, or nurse, which is produced within the sporocyst of certain trematodes by asexual generation. It in turn produces, in the same way, either another generation of rediae, or else cercariae within its own body. Called also proscolex, and nurse. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Redia

Literary usage of Redia

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

1. Life History Studies on Montana Trematodes by Ernest Carroll Faust (1917)
"The chromosome count is identical to that in each blastomere in a redia-forming embryo. Subsequent divisions are difficult to follow on account of the ..."

2. The Animal Parasites of Man by Harold Benjamin Fantham, Maximilian Gustav Christian Carl Braun (1916)
"It is from these free germ balls that the redia stage is developed. ... [In the interior of the redia cells are budded off and develop into gastrulae, ..."

3. A Junior Course of Practical Zoology by Arthur Milnes Marshall (1899)
"Fio. 17.—A young redia. The shaded area represents the digestive sac. Fio. 18.—An adult redia, containing one daughter-redia, ..."

4. A Treatise on Zoology by Edwin Ray Lankester (1901)
"A young redia, containing germ balls ; the enteron is shaded bnt unlettered. 4. ... in wall of redia; 0, birth opening; pr young cercariae in redia; 17, ..."

5. An Introduction to the Study of the Comparative Anatomy of Animals by Gilbert Charles Bourne (1902)
"... germinal cells of a redia originate and develop in just the same manner as those of the sporocyst, so the redia is also parthenogenetic. ..."

6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The adult redia may attain a length of 1 '6 mm. It has an elongated cylindrical form, and near its posterior extremity are two processes directed backward», ..."

7. John Viriamu Jones and Other Oxford Memories by Edward Bagnall Poulton (1911)
"Other very essential features which distinguish the redia from the Sporocyst are ... The mouth, on the very foremost part of the redia, leads at once into a ..."

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