noun
- Plural of distome; parasitic flatworms (trematodes) that have two suckers, used in scientific and medical contexts.
Usage: technical; biology/parasitology; rarely used in everyday English
Examples
- The researcher identified several distomes in the infected tissue samples.
- Distomes are commonly found in freshwater fish and can infect humans who consume undercooked food.
- The parasitologist studied the morphology of distomes under the microscope.