echinococci
nəˈkɒk noun, plural e·chi·no·coc·ci [-kok-sahy] .
any of a number of tapeworms of the genus Echinococcus whose larvae are parasitic in humans and domestic animals.
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| any of the tapeworms constituting the genus Echinococcus, the larvae of which are parasitic in man and domestic animals | |
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echinococcus e·chi·no·coc·cus (ĭ-kī'nə-kŏk'əs)
n. pl. e·chi·no·coc·ci (-kŏk'sī', -kŏk'ī')
A tapeworm of the genus Echinococcus.
Echinococcus n.
A genus of parasitic tapeworms, the larvae of which, under certain conditions, infect humans, forming large hydatid cysts in the liver or lungs and causing serious or fatal disease.
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