miracidium

English

Miracidium stage in the life cycle of trematode species that cause "swimmer's itch"

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek μειράκιον (meirákion).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌmaɪɹəˈsɪdɪəm/

Noun

miracidium (plural miracidia)

(biology) A free-living motile form of a trematode, covered with cilia, which settles in a mollusc intermediate host to become a sporocyst

Related terms

miracidial

References

“miracidium”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

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