Trematoda (redirected from Trematode infections)

Trematoda /Trem·a·to·da/ (trem?ah-to´dah) the flukes, a class of Platyhelminthes; they are parasitic in humans and other animals, infection usually resulting from ingestion of inadequately cooked fish, crustaceans, or vegetation containing their larvae.

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Trem·a·to·da (trm-td)

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A class of flatworms of the phylum Platyhelminthes, including both external and internal parasites of animal hosts, that have a thick outer cuticle and one or more suckers or hooks for attaching to host tissue; the flukes.