echinococcus

American  

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

noun

plural

echinococci

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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Example Sentences

Again, the fact that in T�nia echinococcus one egg produces numerous individuals, tends to invalidate the argument that the increase of segments during development is a relic of specific genesis.

From On the Genesis of Species by Mivart, St. George

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 patient's spleen was removed by E. Hahn on account of an echinococcus on Feb.

From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by Myers, W.

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)

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 Thomson, Alexis