"Trematoid" Pronounce,Meaning And Examples

"Trematoid" Meaning

A medical term.

Trematoid refers to a condition or a structure that resembles a trematode (a type of parasitic flatworm). It can also be used more broadly to describe any structure or condition that is platyhelminth-like, meaning that it has a flat, leaf-like body.

"Trematoid" Examples

Part of speech: Noun

Definition:

1. A certain category of flatworms (class Trematodia), including the flukes or liver flukes (Fasciola hepatica and others) that attack the liver, lung, or other internal organs of animals and humans when swallowed or when they enter these organs through wounds:
2.
Some species of this category attack man causing Trematosis, a disease caused by flukes found in the body of man.