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Definition of Blood fluke
1. Noun. Flatworms parasitic in the blood vessels of mammals.
Generic synonyms: Fluke, Trematode, Trematode Worm
Group relationships: Genus Schistosoma, Schistosoma
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blood Fluke
Literary usage of Blood fluke
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"... the African blood fluke (Schistosoma ... the Asiatic blood fluke (Schistosoma
japonic-urn), are all important medically. ..."
2. Post-mortem pathology: A Manual of Post-mortem Examinations and the by Henry Ware Cattell (1905)
"The female blood-fluke has a grooved channel posteriorly for the ... The blood-fluke
is found chiefly in the portal system and the veins of the bladder. ..."
3. The Treatment of Disease: A Manual of Practical Medicine by Reynold Webb Wilcox (1907)
"The blood fluke is common in Egypt and other parts of Africa and is believed to
effect entrance through the skin of persons who bathe in the rivers in which ..."
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