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- translingual · derived fromSchistosoma
- English todayschistosome
From translingual Schistosoma, from Ancient Greek σχιστός (skhistós, “cleaved, divided”) + σῶμα (sôma, “body”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
schistosome
Today it means: 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. Full definition →
translingual Schistosoma