echinococcus

[ ih-kahy-nuh-kok-uhs ]

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noun

, plural e·chi·no·coc·ci [ih-kahy-noh-, kok, -sahy].

any of a number of tapeworms of the genus Echinococcus whose larvae are parasitic in humans and domestic animals.

echinococcus

/ ɪˌkaɪnəˈkɒkəs /

any of the tapeworms constituting the genus Echinococcus, the larvae of which are parasitic in man and domestic animals

Hooklets and scolices of Tnia echinococcus (Fig. 55) and embryos of Filaria sanguinis hominis have been met.

It is fairly constant in trichinosis, uncinariasis, filariasis, and echinococcus disease.

In Fig. 57 is shown a tnia which proceeds from an echinococcus.

There exists a singular cestode which bears the name of Echinococcus.

Echinococcus cysts (hydatids) have grown in the pelvic connective tissue and obstructed labour.

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