echinococcus

American  

[ih-kahy-nuh-kok-uhs] / ɪˌkaɪ nəˈkɒk əs /

noun

• echinococci
  plural

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

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echinococcus British  

/ ɪˌkaɪnəˈkɒkəs /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• echinococci
  plural

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Example Sentences

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echinococcus echinococci

The echinococcus is a tiny cestode which is the factor in the production of the well-known hydatid cysts which may be found in any part of the body.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

Rein speaks of the removal of an enormous echinococcus cyst of the omentum without interruption of pregnancy.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

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

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

Some of these cases were doubtless instances of echinococcus, trichinae, or the result of rectovesical fistula, but Riverius mentions an instance in which, after drinking water containing worms, a person passed worms in the urine.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

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

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