REDIAS

Noun

redias

plural of redia

Anagrams

• AIDSer, aiders, arised, deairs, idears, irades, raised, resaid, saried

Source: Wiktionary


REDIA

Re"di*a (r"d*), n.; pl. L. RediƦ (-e), E. Redias (-. Etym: [NL.; of uncertain origin.] (Zoƶl.)

Definition: 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 rediƦ, or else cercariƦ within its own body. Called also proscolex, and nurse. See Illustration in Appendix.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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