noun
- A parasitic flatworm of the class Cestoda, typically having a long, ribbon-like body and living in the intestines of vertebrates; a tapeworm.
Usage: technical; biology
Examples
- The cestode was identified in the patient's stool sample during the medical examination.
- Cestodes can grow to several meters in length inside a host organism.
- The infection with a cestode is called cestodiasis.
- Undercooked meat can transmit certain species of cestodes to humans.
- Cestodes have a segmented body structure that distinguishes them from other parasitic worms.