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cestode

/ˈsɛs.təʊd/ /ˈsɛˌstoʊd/

Meanings
noun
A parasitic flatworm of the class Cestoda; a tapeworm.

Examples :

"The veterinarian found a cestode, or tapeworm, in the dog's stool sample. "
medicine organism disease biology animal

Related Words

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found verb

/faʊnd/

To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.

"While walking to school, Sarah found a lost wallet on the ground. "

Illustration dog

dog noun

/dɑɡ/ /dɒɡ/ /dɔɡ/

A mammal, Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris, that has been domesticated for thousands of years, of highly variable appearance due to human breeding.

"The dog barked all night long."

Illustration tapeworm

tapeworm noun

/ˈteɪpˌwɝm/

Any parasitical worm of the class or infraclass Cestoda, which infest the intestines of animals, including humans, often infecting different host species during their life cycle.

"The veterinarian diagnosed the dog with a tapeworm infection. "

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of preposition

/ɔv/ /ɒv/ /ə/ /ʌv/

Expressing distance or motion.

"The school is located five miles of the town center. "

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sample noun

/sæːm.pəl/ /ˈsɑːm.pəl/ /ˈsæm.pəl/

A part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen.

"a blood sample"

Illustration class

class noun

/klas/ /kleəs/

A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes.

"Often used to imply membership of a large class."

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the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

Illustration veterinarian

veterinarian noun

/ˌvɛt(ə)ɹəˈnɛɹi.ən/

A medical doctor who treats animals.

"The family took their sick cat to the veterinarian for a check-up. "

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or conjunction

/ɔː(ɹ)/ /ɔɹ/ /ɚ/

Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either [...] or".

"He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what."

Illustration stool

stool noun

/stuːl/

A seat, especially for one person and without armrests.

"My grandmother used a small stool to reach the high shelves in the pantry. "

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parasitic noun

/pæ.ɹəˈsɪt.ɪk/ /pɛɹ.əˈsɪt.ɪk/

A component of a circuit that does not show up in a circuit's schematic but does show up in the circuit's behavior.

"The parasitic capacitance in the circuit caused unexpected delays in the computer program's execution. "

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flatworm noun

/ˈflætwɜːrm/ /ˈflætwɝːm/

Any of very many parasitic or free-living worms, of the phylum Platyhelminthes, having a flattened body with no skeleton or body cavity.

"The biology class dissected a flatworm to study its simple anatomy. "