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Definition of Cestodes

1. cestode [n] - See also: cestode

Medical Definition of Cestodes

1. The tapeworms or cestodes, are ribbon-shaped segmented worms which inhabit the intestinal tract of many vertebrates (including humans). most tapeworm infections occur in Africa, Yugoslavia, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Mexico and parts of South America and the U.S.S.R. Some forms may be contracted (in the U.S.) from infected dogs or cats (more common in children) by ingestion of infected fleas. Taenia solium (pork tapeworm) is occasionally encountered in the United States today in immigrants or visitors from endemic areas. Taenia saginata (beef tapeworm) is seen more often, especially in those who consume raw beef. Some tapeworms have been known to live up to 20 years and exceed 10 metres in length. Often asymptomatic infestations, but unexplained weight loss, symptoms of pernicious anaemia and the presence of white eggs or ribbon-like segments of worm in stools can be seen in some. (21 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Cestodes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1896)
"THE cestodes or Tape - worms are exclusively endoparasitic ... In relation with this wholly parasitic existence, the cestodes exhibit certain characteristic ..."

2. A Manual of the Common Invertebrate Animals: Exclusive of Insects by Henry Sherring Pratt (1916)
"cestodes.• (TAPEWORMS.) Soft, flat parasitic worms in which the body is made up of two distinct parts, a head or scolex and a ..."

3. 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 feces may contain (1) portions of tapeworms or cestodes, (2) trematodes, ... These cestodes consist of ribbonlike animal colonies made lip of a head, ..."

4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1894)
"The cestodes of Herbivorous Animals.1—Dr. CW Stiles and Albert Hassall have issued a well illustrated list of the adult tape worms of cattle, ..."

5. Introduction to Infectious and Parasitic Diseases: Including Their Cause and by Millard Langfeld (1907)
"VISCERAL cestodes. Whereas adult cestodes which inhabit the alimentary tract occasion as a rule unimportant symptoms, localization in various organs of the ..."

6. The Diagnostics of internal medicine: A Clinical Treatise Upon the by Glentworth Reeve Butler (1906)
"The cestodes, or tapeworm group of intestinal parasites, possess a twofold clinical interest based upon their regional distribution and condition of ..."

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