cysticercosis

[sis-tuh-ser-koh-sis]

noun

Pathology.

1. infestation with the larval form of beef or pork tapeworm, producing fever, malaise, muscle pain, and other symptoms depending on the area of the body affected.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cysticercosis¹

First recorded in 1900–05; cysticerc(us) + -osis

Example Sentences

Once swallowed, the eggs find their way into skeletal muscles or other tissues, where they form cysts and cause the disease known as cysticercosis.

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Scans then found tapeworm eggs in his brain - and diagnosed cysticercosis.

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Cysticercosis is a type of infection caused by the eggs or larvae of the parasite Taenia solium, also known as pork tapeworm, which can lead to cysts developing in the brain.

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Recording the case in the American Journal of Case Reports, doctors wrote that it "can only be speculated" the man's cysticercosis was transmitted through autoinfection after "improper handwashing".

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Eating undercooked pork cannot directly give a person cysticercosis.

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