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Webster 1913 Edition


Distoma

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Dis′to-ma

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Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
δι-
=
δίσ-
twice +
στόμα
mouth.]
(Zool.)
A genus of parasitic, trematode worms, having two suckers for attaching themselves to the part they infest. See 1st
Fluke
, 2.