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Echinococcus

Echinococcus Meaning & Definition
Echinococcus Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Echinococcus?

[n] tapeworms whose larvae are parasitic in humans and domestic animals

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See Also | cestode | genus Echinococcus | tapeworm

Echinococcus In Webster's Dictionary

\E*chi`no*coc"cus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? hedgehog, sea urchin + ? grain, seed. So called because forming little granular bodies, each armed with hooklets and disposed upon the inner wall of the hydatid cysts.] (Zo["o]l.) 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 T[ae]nia echinococcus, a small tapeworm peculiar to the dog.

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