Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several parasitic tapeworms of the genus Echinococcus, the larvae of which infect mammals and form large, spherical cysts in the liver or lungs, causing serious or fatal disease.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Tænia echinococcus in its larval (scolex) stage, which forms the so-called hydatids occurring in the liver, brain, etc., of man and other animals; the hydatid form of the wandered scolex of Tænia echinococcus, having deutoscolices or daughter-cysts formed by gemmation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A parasite of man and of many domestic and wild animals, forming compound cysts or tumors (called hydatid cysts) in various organs, but especially in the liver and lungs, which often cause death. It is the larval stage of the
Tænia echinococcus , a small tapeworm peculiar to the dog. The adult form is not found in man.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology A
parasite ofhumans and of many domestic and wild animals, thelarval stage of Taenia echinococcus, that forms compoundcysts ortumours (calledhydatid cysts) in variousorgans , but especially in theliver andlungs .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun tapeworms whose larvae are parasitic in humans and domestic animals
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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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.
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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.
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Warmer temperatures may allow species with a low rate of infection, such as brucellosis in caribou or echinococcus in voles, to survive in larger numbers increasing the number of susceptible hosts and infected animals.
Potential impacts of indirect mechanisms of climate change on human health in the Arctic 2009
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Other arctic zoonotic diseases that could be influenced by climate change include botulism, paralytic shellfish poisoning, tularemia, brucellosis, echinococcus, trichinosis, and cryptosporidium.
Potential impacts of indirect mechanisms of climate change on human health in the Arctic 2009
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= -- The parasites found in food in this country are echinococcus, guineaworm, hookworm, trichina, and tapeworm.
The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) Kenelm Winslow
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Again, the fact that in _Tænia echinococcus_ one egg produces numerous individuals, tends to invalidate the argument that the increase of segments during development is a relic of specific genesis.
On the Genesis of Species St. George Mivart
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The dog is the host for _Taeniae marginala_, _coenurus_ and _echinococcus_.
Common Diseases of Farm Animals R. A. Craig
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She was attacked with a severe inflammation of the right eye, which had to be enucleated, and was found full of tenia echinococcus, evidently derived from the dog's tongue.
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Some of these cases were doubtless instances of echinococcus, trichinæ, or the result of rectovesical fistula, but Riverius 13.38 mentions an instance in which, after drinking water containing worms, a person passed worms in the urine.
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Rein speaks of the removal of an enormous echinococcus cyst of the omentum without interruption of pregnancy.
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