Medical Dictionary

Schistosomatoidea

noun pl Schis·to·so·ma·toi·dea
\ˌshis-tə-sō-mə-ˈtid-ē-ə, ˌskis-\

Medical Definition of SCHISTOSOMATOIDEA

:  a superfamily of digenetic trematodes that lack a metacercaria and have instead a furcocercous cercaria that actively penetrates the skin of a definitive host

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