Meanings
plural schistosomes
- biologyA 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.
Synonyms: blood fluke
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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.
More synonyms by meaning
nounflatworms parasitic in the blood vessels of mammals
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- translingualSchistosoma
- Englishschistosome
From translingual Schistosoma, from Ancient Greek σχιστός (skhistós, “cleaved, divided”) + σῶμα (sôma, “body”).
More words from translingual
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 血吸蟲 /血吸虫
- 血吸蟲 /血吸虫 (xuèxīchóng)any worm of the genus Schistosoma
Finnish halkiomato
- halkiomatoany worm of the genus Schistosoma
Italian schistosoma
- schistosomaany worm of the genus Schistosoma
Portuguese esquistossomo
- esquistossomoany worm of the genus Schistosoma
Russian шистосо́ма
- шистосо́ма (šistosóma)any worm of the genus Schistosoma
Cite this entry
schistosome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schistosome
“schistosome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schistosome. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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