Definition of Echinococcus. Meaning of Echinococcus. Synonyms of Echinococcus

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Definition of Echinococcus

Echinococcus
Echinococcus E*chi`no*coc"cus, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? hedgehog, sea urchin + ? grain, seed. So called because forming little granular bodies, each armed with hooklets and disposed upon the inner wall of the hydatid cysts.] (Zo["o]l.) 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 T[ae]nia echinococcus, a small tapeworm peculiar to the dog.

Meaning of Echinococcus from wikipedia

- genusEchinococcus oligarthrus, Echinococcus vogeli, Echinococcus multilocularis, Echinococcus shiquicus, Echinococcus equinus, Echinococcus ortleppi...
- Echinococcus granulosus, also called the hydatid worm or dog tapeworm, is a cyclophyllid cestode that dwells in the small intestine of canids as an adult...
- list (link) "Echinococcosis [Echinococcus granulosus] [Echinococcus multilocularis] [Echinococcus oligarthrus] [Echinococcus vogeli]". CDC. 29 November...
- accuracy and precision in diagnosing Echinococcus multiocularis and distinguishing it from other species like Echinococcus granulosus. Alveolar echinococcosis...
- America. E. vogeli, as well as other members of the genus Echinococcus (especially Echinococcus multilocularis), produce a disease called echinococcosis...
- or eat food prepared in, conditions of poor hygiene (Hymenolepis or Echinococcus species). The unproven concept of using tapeworms as a slimming aid has...
- infection of various organs with larval stages of tapeworms of the genus Echinococcus Cysticercosis caused by infection of the brain and/or muscles with the...
- Echinococcus shiquicus is a parasitic worm first identified in 2005. It was found in Tibetan foxes in the Qinghai–Tibet plateau region. Two types of adult...
- raising of offspring. Ezo red foxes are especially prone to infestation by Echinococcus and helminths. These were introduced to Hokkaido via cultured silver...
- becoming detached when exhausted. Some members of the Eucestoda (such as Echinococcus, Sparganum, Taenia multiceps sp., and Mesocestoides sp.) can reproduce...