schistosome
Meaning of schistosome
noun
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.
Information about schistosome
- It is a name.
- The plural form of schistosome is: schistosomes.
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Hyphenation of schistosome
schis-to-some
- It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
- schistosome is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
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