English dictionary
redia
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noun
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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 rediæ, or else cercariæ within its own body. Called also <i>proscolex</i>, and <i>nurse</i>. See <i>Illustration</i> in Appendix.
Source: webster1913