GC: n

S: NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK487776/ (last access: 19 November 2024); SDir – https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/immunology-and-microbiology/schistosoma (last access: 19 November 2024).

N: 1. “parasite of the genus Schistosoma“ (1905); the genus name (1858) is a Modern Latin formation from Greek skhistos “divided, cloven” (from skhizein “to split;” see schizo-) + sōma “body” (see somato-). Related: Schistosomatosis “disease caused by schistosomes” (1906).

2. Any of a genus (Schistosoma) of elongated trematode worms with the sexes separate that parasitize the blood vessels of birds and mammals and cause a destructive human schistosomiasis.

3. Parasitoses; Worms and Related Organisms: schistosome, bilharzia, blood fluke.

• Any of a genus (Schistosoma) of flukes that live as parasites in the blood vessels of mammals, including man, and birds.
• … parasitic worms … include not only the ones that live fairly peacefully in our guts but also some vicious invaders. Among the latter are schistosomes that can cause liver and kidney failure…

4. Parasitoses; Worms and Related Organisms; Microbiology and Parasitology: Schistosoma, Bilharzia.

• The type genus of the family Schistosomatidae comprising digenetic trematodes parasitic in the visceral veins of man and other mammals.

S: 1. Etymonline – https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=schistosome (last access: 19 November 2024). 2. MW – https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schistosome (last access: 19 November 2024). 3 & 4. TERMIUM PLUS – https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i=1&srchtxt=BILHARZIA&index=alt&codom2nd_wet=1#resultrecs (last access: 19 November 2024).

SYN: bilharzia, blood fluke. (depending on context)

S: TERMIUM PLUS – https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i=1&srchtxt=BILHARZIA&index=alt&codom2nd_wet=1#resultrecs (last access: 19 November 2024)

CR: parasite, parasitosis, schistosomiasis.