| Definition of 'echinococcus' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) echinococcus
tapeworms whose larvae are parasitic in humans and domestic animals
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| Definition of 'echinococcus' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) echinococcus
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 Taenia echinococcus, a small tapeworm peculiar to the dog
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| Definition of 'echinococcus' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. echinococcus
A genus of very small TAPEWORMS, in the family Taeniidae. The adult form is found in various CARNIVORA but not humans. The larval form is seen in humans under certain epidemiologic circumstances.
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