miracidia


miracidium

(mi?ra-sid'e-um) plural.miracidia [Gr. meirakidion, lad] The ciliated free-swimming larva of a digenetic fluke. On emerging from an ovum, it penetrates a snail of a particular species and metamorphoses into a sporocyst. See: fluke

Miracidium (plural, miracidia)

The free-swimming larval form in the life cycle of the liver fluke.Mentioned in: Fluke Infections