Eukaryote
cestoda Audio
Ces·to·da
Subclass of:
Platyhelminthes
Etymology:
Greek kestos = a belt or girdle + eidos = resemblance
This order includes the worms which resemble a piece of tape.
Definitions related to class cestoda:
  • (cestoda) Any parasitic flatworm that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Cestoda class level.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • (cestoda) A subclass of segmented worms comprising the tapeworms.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • (cestoda) A taxonomic grouping of parasitic tapeworms that can be assigned to the class Cestoda.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (cestoda) Subclass of segmented worms comprising the tapeworms; in the Platyhelminths phylum.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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