- blood fluke
- noun Date: 1872 schistosome
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blood fluke — n SCHISTOSOME * * * Schistosoma … Medical dictionary
blood fluke — blood′ fluke n. mcr a schistosome • Etymology: 1870–75 … From formal English to slang
blood fluke — noun flatworms parasitic in the blood vessels of mammals • Syn: ↑schistosome • Hypernyms: ↑fluke, ↑trematode, ↑trematode worm • Member Holonyms: ↑Schistosoma, ↑genus Schistosoma … Useful english dictionary
blood fluke — a schistosome. [1870 75] * * * any of certain parasitic flatworms that live in the veins of the host organism. See fluke. * * * … Universalium
blood fluke — noun another term for schistosome … English new terms dictionary
fluke — fluke1 /floohk/, n. 1. the part of an anchor that catches in the ground, esp. the flat triangular piece at the end of each arm. See diag. under anchor. 2. a barb, or the barbed head, of a harpoon, spear, arrow, or the like. 3. either half of the… … Universalium
fluke — Common name for members of the class Trematoda (phylum Platyhelminthes). All flukes of mammals (subclass Digenea) are internal parasites in the adult stage and are characterized by complex digenetic life cycles involving a … Medical dictionary
fluke — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a lucky accident (won by a fluke). 2 a chance breeze. v.tr. achieve by a fluke (fluked that shot). Etymology: 19th c.: perh. f. dial. fluke guess 2. n. 1 any parasitic flatworm of the class Digenea or Monogenea, including liver… … Useful english dictionary
fluke — n. any of the parasitic flatworms belonging to the group Trematoda. Adult flukes, which have suckers for attachment to their host, are parasites of humans, occurring in the liver (liver flukes; see Fasciola), lungs (see Paragonimus), gut (see… … The new mediacal dictionary
Liver fluke — Fasciola hepatica Liver flukes are a polyphyletic group of trematodes (phylum Platyhelminthes). Adults of liver flukes are localized in the liver of various mammals, including humans. These flatworms can occur in bile ducts, gallbladder, and… … Wikipedia
