trematode
IPA: trˈɛmʌtoʊd
noun
- (zoology) a parasitic flatworm of the class Trematoda
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Examples of "trematode" in Sentences
- Curt Lively - snails and trematode infection in New Zealand.
- The parasite that's doing the damage is a flatworm, a trematode called Hepatodirus hominis.
- It wouldn't be simple, because this trematode was probably Hepatodirus hominis, and it was tricky.
- Praziquantel, a very effective drug against most trematode infections, is inactive against Fasciola species.
- As is the case for other trematode eggs, Fasciola eggs have an operculum (a distinguishing feature) on one end and are oval in shape.
- Further, many native populations of this organism are infected with a parasitic trematode that causes castration sterilization in females.
- Â Further, many native populations of this organism are infected with a parasitic trematode that causes castration sterilization in females.
- Hale found evidence of trematode genes in the sturgeon genome and of a protozoan parasite that causes a sexually transmitted disease in humans.
- & Feminella J.W. “Parasitic mite and trematode abundance are associated with reduced reproductive output and physiological condition of freshwater mussels.”
- While trying to find a DNA-based test to determine the sex of lake sturgeon, Purdue University researchers found that the sturgeon genome contains trematode genes that didn't originally belong to it and may harbor a protozoan parasite that causes a sexually transmitted disease in humans.
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