Definition of Cysticercus. Meaning of Cysticercus. Synonyms of Cysticercus

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Definition of Cysticercus

Cysticercus
Cysticerce Cys"ti*cerce (s?s"t?-s?rs), Cysticercus Cys`ti*cer"cus (-s?r"k?s), n. [NL. cysticercus, fr. Gr. ???? bladder + ???? tail: cf. F. cysticerque.] (Zo["o]l.) The larval form of a tapeworm, having the head and neck of a tapeworm attached to a saclike body filled with fluid; -- called also bladder worm, hydatid, and measle (as, pork measle). Note: These larvae live in the tissues of various living animals, and, when swallowed by a suitable carnivorous animal, develop into adult tapeworms in the intestine. See Measles, 4, Tapeworm.

Meaning of Cysticercus from wikipedia

- solium as Cysticercus cellulosae, that of beef tapeworm (T. saginata) as Cysticercus bovis, that of sheep tapeworm (T. ovis) as Cysticercus ovis, that...
- colonised by the larval stage, the cysticercus, from undercooked pork or other meat. Each microscopic cysticercus is oval in shape, containing an inverted...
- membrane of the cysticercus soon develops numerous protoscolices (small scolices) that are invertedly attached to the inner surface. The cysticercus of T. saginata...
- When the worm reaches the liver the larva transforms into a cysticercus form. This cysticercus will stay in the liver for about two to four w****s, then move...
- Macrostomus cysticercus is a species of dance flies, in the fly family Empididae. Smith, Kenneth G. V. (1963). "The Empididae (Diptera) collected on the...
- miracidium, sporocyst, redia, cercaria; Monogenea: oncomiracidium; Cestoda: cysticercus, cysticercoid, oncosphere (or hexacanth), coracidium, plerocercoid Annelida...
- tissues, where they further develop into larvae called cysticerci. The cysticercus larva completes development in about 2 months. It is semitransparent...
- is the larval stage of certain tapeworms, similar in appearance to a cysticercus, but having the scolex filling completely the enclosing cyst. In tapeworm...
- cyst created by the oncosphere. In order to become an adult tapeworm, a cysticercus must then be consumed by its definitive host (in either raw or undercooked...
- Southeast Asia – which is contaminated with the infective larva called cysticercus. Cysticercus develops into adult tapeworm in human intestine, from where it...