Echinococcus
Definition & Meaning
Pronunciation /ɪˌkaɪ.nəˈkɑk.əs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Echinococcus is a noun meaning (archaic, zoology) A parasite of humans and of many domestic and wild animals, thought to be the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus, that forms compound cysts or tumours (called hydatid cysts) in various organs, but especially in the liver and lungs.
Meaning
(archaic, zoology) A parasite of humans and of many domestic and wild animals, thought to be the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus, that forms compound cysts or tumours (called hydatid cysts) in various organs, but especially in the liver and lungs.
Word Forms
- echinococci
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include multilocular, echinostomatid, echinorhynchid, echinozoan, cysticerce, echiuroid.
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