schistosomula

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schistosomula (noun; plural -lae; Greek schizein, split; diminutive soma, body): (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) In Schistostomatidae, the postpenetration stage in the vertebrate definitive host; the juvenile stage between a cercaria and an adult.