Polystoma

noun

Po·​lys·​to·​ma

pəˈlistəmə

: a genus (the type of the family Polystomatidae) of monogenetic trematode worms including several species that occur in the urinary bladder of batrachians

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek polystomos many mouthed, from poly- + -stomos -stomous

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Rhymes for Polystoma

• ambystoma
• atheroma
• carcinoma
• coloboma
• granuloma
• haematoma
• hamartoma
• hemangioma
• hematoma
• hepatoma
• hybridoma
• melanoma