echinococcus
Americannoun
-
echinococci
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
The echinococcus has been found as an embolus, and it is highly probable that the cysticercus, the trichina, and other animal parasites may be disseminated as emboli over the body.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Delafield and Prudden report the only instance of multilocular echinococcus seen in this country.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
The patient's spleen was removed by E. Hahn on account of an echinococcus on Feb.
From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by W. Myers
Parasitic cysts are produced by the growth within the tissues of cyst-forming parasites, the best known being the tænia echinococcus, which gives rise to the hydatid cyst.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
The echinococcus, the cystic or larval stage of the echinococcus tapeworm of the dog, has been found in the eye of the horse, and a cysticercus is also reported.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
The deception was possibly due to the presence of loose and shaggy membrane attached to the endocardial lining of the heart, or in some cases to echinococci or trichine.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
