Definition of Trematode

1. Noun. Parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host.

Exact synonyms: Fluke, Trematode Worm
Generic synonyms: Flatworm, Platyhelminth
Group relationships: Class Trematoda, Trematoda
Specialized synonyms: Fasciola Hepatica, Liver Fluke, Fasciolopsis Buski, Blood Fluke, Schistosome

Definition of Trematode

1. n. One of the Trematodea. Also used adjectively.

Definition of Trematode

1. Noun. any of several parasitic flatworms, of the class ''Trematoda'', that have external suckers ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Trematode

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Trematode

1. One of the Trematodea. Also used adjectively. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trematode

treks
trekschuit
trekschuits
trelice
trellis
trellised
trellises
trellising
trelliswork
trellisworks
tremas
tremata
trematic
trematoda
trematode (current term)
trematode infections
trematode worm
trematodea
trematodes
trematoid
trembathite
tremble
tremble dance
tremble dances
trembled
trembler
tremblers
trembles
tremblest

Literary usage of Trematode

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

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1856)
"... Dr. Cobbold observed as follows :—"The trematode now before the Association, designated Fasciola gigantica, varies in length from an inch and a half to ..."

2. On the Alternation of Generations; Or The Propagation and Development of by Johannes Japetus Sm. Steenstrup (1845)
"(d) THE DEVELOPMENT OF OTHEE trematode ANIMALS. Thus, if we trace the ciliated trematode embryos in their progress towards a perfect trematode, ..."

3. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1915)
"No trematode parasites were found in any of the crustaceans. A sporocyst found in the annelid, Hydroides dianthus, has already been reported.* i. ..."

4. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1908)
"6612-D upon the supposition that we might be dealing with an intestinal trematode* and this treatment was administered by Dr. EC Shattuck, ..."

5. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1855)
"Description of a New Species of trematode Worm (Fasciola gigantica).* By T. SPENCER COBBOLD, MD, tfcc. (Plate VII.) In a paper :< On the Anatomy of the ..."

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