cestode

English

Etymology

From New Latin Cestoda, from cestus (“girdle, belt”), from Ancient Greek κεστός (kestós, “of Aphrodite’s charmed girdle”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛs.təʊd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛˌstoʊd/
• Rhymes: -əʊd

Noun

cestode (plural cestodes)

1. (zoology) A parasitic flatworm of the class Cestoda; a tapeworm.

Derived terms

• cestodiasis
• metacestode

 

Related terms

• cestodal, cestocidal / cestodocidal

Translations

any of various parasitic tapeworms in the Cestoda

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 絛蟲／绦虫 (zh) (tāochóng)

• Finnish: heisimato (fi)
• Polish: tasiemiec (pl) m
• Portuguese: cestódeo m

References

• “cestode”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “cestode”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• codeset

Italian

Noun

cestode m (plural cestodi)

1. cestode

Anagrams

• Tedesco, codeste, tedesco