Definition of redia

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Redia (n.) A kind of larva, or nurse, which is prroduced within the sporocyst of certain trematodes by asexual generation. It in turn produces, in the same way, either another generation of rediae, or else cercariae within its own body. Called also proscolex, and nurse. See Illustration in Appendix..

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Sorediate :: Sorediate (a.) Sorediiferous.
Soredia :: Soredia (n.) pl. of Soredium.
Predial :: Predial (a.) Attached to land or farms; as, predial slaves..
Sorediiferous :: Sorediiferous (a.) Bearing soredia; sorediate.
Sporozoa :: Sporosac (n.) An early or simple larval stage of trematode worms and some other invertebrates, which is capable or reproducing other germs by asexual generation; a nurse; a redia..
Sporocyst :: Sporocyst (n.) An asexual zooid, usually forming one of a series of larval forms in the agamic reproduction of various trematodes and other parasitic worms. The sporocyst generally develops from an egg, but in its turn produces other larvae by internal budding, or by the subdivision of a part or all of its contents into a number of minute germs. See Redia..
Nurse :: Nurse (n.) A peculiar larva of certain trematodes which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction. See Cercaria, and Redia..
Redias :: Redias (pl. ) of Redi.
Predial :: Predial (a.) Issuing or derived from land; as, predial tithes..
Prediastolic :: Prediastolic (a.) Preceding the diastole of the heart; as, a prediastolic friction sound..
Rediae :: Rediae (pl. ) of Redi.
Proscolex :: Proscolex (n.) An early larval form of a trematode worm; a redia. See Redia.
Soredia :: Soredia (pl. ) of Sorediu.
Predial :: Predial (a.) Consisting of land or farms; landed; as, predial estate; that is, real estate..
Redia :: Redia (n.) A kind of larva, or nurse, which is prroduced within the sporocyst of certain trematodes by asexual generation. It in turn produces, in the same way, either another generation of rediae, or else cercariae within its own body. Called also proscolex, and nurse. See Illustration in Appendix..
Moon-culminating :: Moon-culminating (a.) Culminating, or coming to the meredian, at or about the same time with the moon; -- said of a star or stars, esp. of certain stars selected beforehand, and named in an ephemeris (as the Nautical Almanac), as suitable to be observed in connection with the moon at culmination, for determining terrestrial longitude..
Praedial :: Praedial (a.) See Predial.
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