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Definition of: schistosome
(shis′tə·sōm) noun
Any of a genus (Schistosoma) of trematode worms, including certain species parasitic in the blood of man, as the blood fluke (S. haematobium) common in Africa. [<NL <Gk. schistos split (<schizein split) + sōma a body]
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