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Webster 1913 Edition
Echinococcus
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E-chiˊno-coc′cus
(ĕ-kī′nō̍-kŏk-k)
, Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
ἐχῖνοσ
hedgehog, sea urchin + κόκκοσ
grain, seed, berry. So called because forming little granular bodies, each armed with hooklets and disposed upon the inner wall of the hydatid cysts.] (Zoöl.)
A parasite of man and of many domestic and wild animals, forming compound cysts or tumors (called hydatid cysts) in various organs, but especially in the liver and lungs, which often cause death. It is the larval stage of the
Tænia echinococcus
, a small tapeworm peculiar to the dog. The adult form is not found in man. Definition 2024
echinococcus
echinococcus
English
Noun
echinococcus (plural echinococci)
- (zoology) A parasite of humans and of many domestic and wild animals, the larval stage of Taenia echinococcus, that forms compound cysts or tumours (called hydatid cysts) in various organs, but especially in the liver and lungs.
Translations
a parasite of humans and of many domestic and wild animals, the larval stage of Taenia echinococcus, that forms compound cysts or tumours (called hydatid cysts) in various organs, but especially in the liver and lungs
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