Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The larval stage of many tapeworms, consisting of a single invaginated scolex enclosed in a fluid-filled cyst.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cystic worm or bladder-worm; a hydatid; an encysted scolex or tænia-head; the encysted state of the larva of a tapeworm.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
larval stage of any of severaltapeworms , having a fluid-filledcyst enclosing ascolex .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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“The only one I can think of that invades the brain is cysticercus.”
Bloodstream Tess Gerritsen 1998
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“The only one I can think of that invades the brain is cysticercus.”
Bloodstream Tess Gerritsen 1998
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“The only one I can think of that invades the brain is cysticercus.”
Bloodstream Tess Gerritsen 1998
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The ~Mouse~ and ~Rat~ suffer from septicæmia, and from the cysticercus form of _Tænia murina_; the cystic form (_Cysticercus fasciolaris_) of _T. crassicollis_ has its habitat in their livers.
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_Hydatid and cysticercus cysts_ have also been met with in the tongue.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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#Describe the cutaneous disturbance produced by the cysticercus cellulosæ.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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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.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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The life cycle stage that is found in the intermediate host is the cysticercus, or bladder worm, a larval form that lives encysted in muscle tissue.
unknown title 2009
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The life cycle stage that is found in the intermediate host is the cysticercus, or bladder worm, a larval form that lives encysted in muscle tissue.
unknown title 2009
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