ECHINOCOCCUS
\ˈɛt͡ʃɪnˌɒkɒkəs], \ˈɛtʃɪnˌɒkɒkəs], \ˈɛ_tʃ_ɪ_n_ˌɒ_k_ɒ_k_ə_s]\
Definitions of ECHINOCOCCUS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms (6th edition)
- 1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By J.H. Kenneth
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[Greek] The larval form of the Taenia Echinococcus, a tapeworm infesting the dog. It forms cysts (E. cysts) in the liver, brain, and other organs of man.
By Alexander Duane
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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