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schistosomulum Zool.|skɪstəʊˈsɒmjʊləm| Pl. -somula. Also anglicized as -somule. [mod.L., f. as prec. + L. -ulum, neut. of -ulus, diminutive ending.] A parasite of the genus Schistosoma which has entered its adult host but is not yet mature. Cf. prec. Also erroneously used as schistosomula sing., schistosomulæ pl.
1924Faust & Meleney Studies on Schistosomiasis i. 4 To test his hypothesis he attempted to recover schistosomula from the peripheral vein. 1934R. Girges Schistosomiasis ii. ii. 56 Entering the lymphatics or blood-vessels, schistosomula proceed..to the liver of the host. 1961Exper. Parasitol. XI. 209/2 The gland cells appeared to collapse after exhaustion of their contents and no replacement of secretion was encountered even in schistosomules which had been in skin for as long as 11 days. 1961Jrnl. Parasitol. XLVII. 891/2 This interval..allowed the schistosomulae to reach the hepatic portal system. 1975Nature 6 Mar. 17/3 The stage in the life cycle most susceptible to the immune response is the schistosomula, the young form that penetrates the skin and migrates to the blood vessels in which the adult develops. 1975Jrnl. R. Soc. Arts May 363/2 The cercaria..then penetrate the skin, lose their tails and change to yet another stage called a schistosomule, which is much like an adult worm but smaller. 1978Parasitology LXXVII. 282 The number and location of schistosomulum deaths will have a considerable influence on the pattern of migration out of the skin. Hence schistoˈsomular a.
1975Nature 28 Aug. 727/1 Sera from five patients infected with S[chistosoma] mansoni were used as sources of anti⁓schistosomular antibody in different experiments. |