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   echinococcus
   [n] - tapeworms whose larvae are parasitic in humans and domestic animals
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   Echinococcus
   Echinococcus: A tiny parasitic tapeworm. The larval stage of this tapeworm can cause human disease. There are three forms of Echinococcus that affect humans -- E. (Echinococcus) granulosus, E. multilocularis, and E. vogeli -- and each has a different geographic distribution and tends to cause a diff...
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   Echinococcus
   E·chi`no·coc'cus noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... hedgehog, sea urchin + ... grain, seed. So called because forming little granular bodies, each armed with hooklets and disposed upon the inner wall of the hydatid cysts.] (Zoology) A parasit...
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   echinococcus
   <dermatology, microbiology> A tissue infection by the larval stage of the Echinococcus granulosus worm. ... This disease is common in South America, the Middle East, Asia and Africa. Sporadic cases have been reported in the us. Infection occurs after ingestion of eggs in infected dog faeces. T...
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   echinococcus
   noun tapeworms whose larvae are parasitic in humans and domestic animals
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   Echinococcus
   (e-ki″no-kok´әs) a genus of small tapeworms. Echinococcus granulosus a species parasitic in dogs, wolves, and sometimes cats; its larvae may develop in nearly all mammals; it reverses the usual process of development in human and animal hosts: the adult is found in th...
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   echinococcus
   (e-ki″no-kok´әs) pl. echinococ´ci an individual organism of the genus Echinococcus.
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   Echinococcus
   • (n.) 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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   Echinococcus
   Type: Term Pronunciation: e-kī′nō-kok′ŭs Definitions: 1. A genus of small taeniid tapeworms, two to five segments in adult worms; adults are found in various carnivores but not in humans; larvae, in the form of hydatid cysts, are found in the liver and other organs of rumi...
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    Echinococcus
    The genus Echinococcus includes six species of cyclophyllid tapeworms to date, of the family Taeniidae. Infection with Echinococcus results in hydatid disease, also known as echinococcosis. Echinococcus is triploblastic, i.e.it has 3 layers- outermost ectoderm, middle mesoderm and inner endoderm. A...
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    Echinococcus
    Echinococcus is one of the larval forms (scolices) of the tape-worm of the dog (Toenia Echinococcus), which may occur in man and cause serious disease.
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    echinococcus
    1) Cestoda 2) Cestode 3) Tapeworm
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