Definitions for cysticercus

cysticercus cys·ti·cer·cus

Spelling: [sis-tuh-sur-kuh s]
IPA: /ˌsɪs təˈsɜr kəs/

Cysticercus is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 426 anagrams from letters in cysticercus (ccceirsstuy).

Definitions for cysticercus

noun

  1. the larva of certain tapeworms, having the head retracted into a bladderlike structure; a bladder worm.

Origin of cysticercus

1835-45; New Latin Greek kýsti(s) bladder, cyst + kérkos tail

Examples for cysticercus

Describe the cutaneous disturbance produced by the cysticercus cellulosæ.

Hydatid and cysticercus cysts have also been met with in the tongue.

As obtains in cysticercus fasciolaris of the mouse the scolex of Tetr.

cysticercus acanthotetra, Parona.Cysticercoides rostratus, Mingazzini.

The scolex or higher larval stage of growth forms the well-known pork measle or cysticercus (tel) cellulos of authors.

The scolex has long been known, and was regarded as a distinct parasite, with the name of cysticercus cellulos.

This is derived from cysticercus fasciolaris of the mouse and rat.

Another variety of cysticercus is met with in the flesh of the ox, the cow, and the calf.

They consist of a sac of connective tissue containing the larval tape-worm or cysticercus.

The larval stage is passed in the muscles of various animals, especially cattle, where it lies encysted (cysticercus stage).

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