echinococcus
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Rein speaks of the removal of an enormous echinococcus cyst of the omentum without interruption of pregnancy.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
Delafield and Prudden report the only instance of multilocular echinococcus seen in this country.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
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 Michener, Charles B.
To parasites of the kidney belong the echinococcus, the larval, or bladder worm, stage of the small echinococcus tapeworm of the dog.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
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 Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
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 Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
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