vesical blood fluke

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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
Schistosoma — A genus of digenetic trematodes, including the important blood flukes of humans and domestic animals, that cause schistosomiasis; characterized by elongate shape, by separate sexes with marked sexual dimorphism, by their unusual location in the… … Medical dictionary
schistosomiasis — /shis teuh soh muy euh sis/, n. Pathol. an infection caused by parasitic flukes of the genus Schistosoma, occurring commonly in eastern Asia and in tropical regions and transmitted to humans through feces contaminated fresh water or snails:… … Universalium

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