Definition of "schistosome" [schistosome]

• Any of several chiefly tropical trematode worms of the genus Schistosoma, many of which are parasitic in the blood of humans and other mammals. Also called bilharzia, blood fluke. (noun)

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• "… Brother H. H. Kung is suffering not only from heart disease, but from schistosome parasites in his liver."
• "Evidence for immune-facilitated excretion of schistosome eggs from patients with Schistosoma mansoni and human immunodeficiency virus coinfections."
• "An IL-12-based vaccination method for preventing fibrosis induced by schistosome infection."