cercaria

cercaria
the parasitic larva of trematodes; its tail disappears when adult

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  • cercaria — Gusanos trematodos. Se desarrollan en un caracol de agua dulce y se liberan en el mismo agua. La cercaria se introduce en el organismo del huésped siguiente mediante ingestión, invasión directa a través de la piel o a través de …   Diccionario médico

  • Cercaria — Cer*ca ri*a, n.; pl. {Cercarle} [NL., fr. Gr. ke rkos tail.] (Zo[ o]l.) The larval form of a trematode worm having the shape of a tadpole, with its body terminated by a tail like appendage. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Cercarĭa — Cercarĭa, so v.w. Schwanzthierchen …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • cercaria — f. Zool. Forma larval con cola de ciertos gusanos trematodos …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • cercaria — [sər ker′ē ə] n. pl. cercariae [sər ker′ē ē΄] [ModL < Gr kerkos, tail] the free swimming larva of a parasitic trematode worm …   English World dictionary

  • cercaria — ► sustantivo femenino ZOOLOGÍA Larva con cola de algunos gusanos. * * * cercaria. f. Zool. Forma larval con cola de ciertos gusanos trematodos. * * * ► femenino ZOOLOGÍA Fase larvaria de los platelmintos trematodos …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • cercaria — cer·cà·ria s.f. TS zool. stadio larvale di alcuni vermi endoparassiti della sottoclasse dei Digenei {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: 1830. ETIMO: dal lat. scient. cercarĭa, der. del gr. kérkos coda …   Dizionario italiano

  • cercaria ornata — (PLATYHELMINTHES: Trematoda) A cercaria with a fin on the tail …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • cercaria — noun (plural cercariae) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek kerkos Date: circa 1871 a usually tadpole shaped larval trematode worm that develops in a molluscan host from a redia • cercarial adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • cercaria — n.; pl. rae [Gr. kerkos, tail] (PLATYHELMINTHES: Trematoda) The free swimming larval form of a digenetic trematode; produced by asexual reproduction within a sporocyst or redia …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • cercaria — cercarial, adj. cercarian, adj., n. /seuhr kair ee euh/, n., pl. cercariae / kair ee ee /. Zool. the disk shaped larva of flukes of the class Trematoda, having a taillike appendage. [1830 40; < NL, equiv. to cerc ( < Gk kérkos tail) + aria ARIA]… …   Universalium

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