plerocercoid

[pleer-oh-sur-koid]

noun Zoology.

the wormlike larval stage of some tapeworms, intermediate between the first parasitic larval stage and adult.

Compare procercoid.

Origin of plerocercoid

1905–10; < Greek plḗr(ēs) full + -o- + Greek kérk(os) tail + -oid

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plerocercoid in Medicine

plerocercoid

[plîr′ō-sûr′koid′]

n.

The infective larva of some tapeworms, characterized by its solid elongated body.

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