裂体吸虫

Traditional form:

裂體吸蟲

Pinyin (reading):

liètǐxīchóng

Definitions:

• schistosome, parasitic flatworm causing snail fever (bilharzia or schistosomiasis)

Characters:

• 裂 - to split, to rend; crevice, crack
• 体 - body; group, class; form, style, system
• 吸 - to inhale, to suck in; to absorb; to attract
• 虫 - insect, worm; mollusk

Traditional characters:

• 裂 - to split, to rend; crevice, crack
• 體 - body; group, class; form, style, system
• 吸 - to inhale, to suck in; to absorb; to attract
• 蟲 - insect, worm; mollusk