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echinococcus

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e·chi·no·coc·cus  (-kn-kks)
n. pl. e·chi·no·coc·ci (-kks, -kk)
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.
[New Latin Echnococcus, genus name : echino- + -coccus.]
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Noun1.echinococcus - tapeworms whose larvae are parasitic in humans and domestic animals
cestode, tapeworm - ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates
genus Echinococcus - tapeworms


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In Japan, it is characterized by alveolar, hepatic, and cerebral disorders in humans caused by the larval form (metacestode) of the tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis.
Echinococcosis risk among domestic definitive hosts, Japan by Oku, Yuzaburo / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Urban cycle of Echinococcus multilocularis in the City of Zurich, Switzerland.
Age- and sex-dependent distribution of persistent organochlorine ... by Naegeli, Hanspeter / Environmental Health Perspectives
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Taenia echinococcus (TEE-nee-uh eh-kih-noh-KOH-kus)
Body Bugs by STIEFEL, CHANA / Science World
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