Distoma

Dis´to`ma

(Zool.) A genus of parasitic, trematode worms, having two suckers for attaching themselves to the part they infest. See 1st Fluke, 2.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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liver fluke

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Synonyms: Distoma tubarium (Rudolphi, 1819); Distoma fuscescens (Rudolphi, 1819); Distomum (Cryptogonimus) tubarium (Rudolphi, 1819 and Nicoll, 1915); Acanthochasmus inermis (Stossich, 1905); Acanthostomum inermis (Stossich, 1905 and Yamaguti, 1958); Aphallus fuscescens (Rudolphi, 1819 and Yamaguti, 1971).

The Trematode Parasites of Lophius piscatorius (Angler Fish) from the Aegean Sea: Ege Denizi'nden Yakalanan Lophius piscatorius'larin (Fener Baligi) Trematod Parazitleri

Rivolta is generally credited with discovering the first opisthorchid, which he named Distoma felineus, in a cat in Italy in 1884.

Opisthorchis

Hoeglundina elegans Hopkinsina pacifica 0,7 Lagena caudata Lagena distoma Lagena laevis Lagena striata 0,3 0,5 Lenticulina sp.

Tracing latitudinal gradient, river discharge and water masses along the subtropical South American coast using benthic Foraminifera assemblages/Registro do gradiente latitudinal, de descargas de rios e de massas de agua ao longo da costa subtropical da America do Sul, utilizando-se associacoes de foraminiferos bentonicos

On the presence of Distoma westermani in the United States.

Boil before eating: paragonimiasis after eating raw crayfish in the Mississippi River Basin

Se determinaron las cercarias presentes en los moluscos estudiados, de tipo distoma, identificandose siete diferentes morfotipos: Xifiodiocercaria, Equinostoma, Oftalmocercaria, Parapleurolofocercus, Cistocerca, Furcocercaria y Leptocercaria.

Centrocestus formosanus (Opisthorchiida: Heterophyidae) como causa de muerte de alevines de tilapia gris Oreochromis niloticus (Perciforme: Cichlidae) en el Pacifico seco de Costa Rica

Su agente etiologico es el trematode Fasciola hepatica (distoma, duela del higado, liver fluke, saguaype), el cual parasita a todos los mamiferos, incluyendo al hombre (3,8,11, 14).

Indicadores sanguineos de dano hepatico en novillos cruza cebu parasitados por Fasciola hepatica

The dictionary page Zukofsky is working from contains "distyle" (a two-columned portico, usually in antis), "distort," "disturbance," "disulfide," "distinguished," "distracted," "distrust," "distoma" (possibly misprinted here, but in any case "a genus of parasitic worms called flukes"), "distribution," and "District of Columbia." David appears as a possible figure for the reader, who when reading both "differentiates and abstracts," but who suffers alienation and disturbance trying to read the present text.