• (n.) A larval entozoon in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man and the lower animals; -- so called from the absence of a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different origin....
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<zoology> A larval entozoon in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hy datid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man and the lower animals; so called from the absence of a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different origi...
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A·ceph'a·lo·cyst noun [ Greek
'ake`falos without a head +
ky`stis bladder.]
(Zoology) A larval entozoön in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man and the lower animals; -- so called from the absence ...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: ā-sef′ă-lō-sist Definitions: 1. A serile hydatid cyst, so called because it fails to develop scoleces (tapeworm heads).
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