Medical term:
Cestoda
Cestoda
[ses-to´dah]a subclass of Cestoidea comprising the true tapeworms, which have a head (scolex) and segments (proglottids). The adults are endoparasitic in the alimentary tract and associated ducts of various vertebrate hosts; their larvae may be found in various organs and tissues.
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Ces·to·da
(ses-tō'dă),A subclass of tapeworms (class Cestoidea), containing the typical members of this group, including the segmented tapeworms that parasitize humans and domestic animals.
Synonym(s): Eucestoda
[G. kestos, girdle]
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Ces·to·da
(ses-tō'dă)A class of the flatworm phylum Platyhelminthes. There are two subclasses, Cestodaria and Eucestoda. The latter are the segmented tapeworms that parasitize humans and domestic animals.
[G. kestos, girdle]
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Cestoda
a phylum of the Platyhelminthes containing the parasitic tapeworms, the adults of which are intestinal parasites of vertebrates. They have complex LIFE CYCLES usually involving intermediate hosts that are preyed upon by the primary host which thus becomes infected.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
Cestodaria
[ses″to-dar´e-ah]a subclass of Cestoidea, the unsegmented tapeworms of that class, which are endoparasitic in the intestines and coelom of various primitive fishes and rarely in reptiles.
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Ces·to·dar·i·a
(ses'tō-dā'rē-ă),A subclass of the class Cestoidea, containing tapeworms that lack a scolex and are unsegmented (monozoic), in contrast to the typical tapeworms in the subclass Cestoda; larvae of c. (called lycophora) characteristically have ten hooklets rather than six. Cestodaria are believed to be primitive tapeworms, parasitizing the intestine and celomic cavities of certain fish and a few reptiles.
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Ces·to·dar·ia
(ses-tō-dā'rē-ă)A subclass of the class Cestoidea. Cestodarians are intestinal and celomic parasites of elasmobranchs and primitive telost fish. They are trematodelike but are classified with cestodes because they lack an intestine.
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