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e⋅chi⋅no⋅coc⋅cus

  [i-kahy-nuh-kok-uhs]
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–noun, plural -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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e·chi·no·coc·ci   (ĭ-kī'nə-kŏk'sī', -kŏk'ī')   
n.  Plural of echinococcus.
e·chi·no·coc·cus   (ĭ-kī'nə-kŏk'əs)   
n.   pl. e·chi·no·coc·ci (-kŏk'sī', -kŏk'ī')
Any of several parasitic tapeworms of the genus Echinococcus, the larvae of which infect mammals and form large, spherical cysts in the liver or lungs, causing serious or fatal disease.

[New Latin Echīnococcus, genus name : echino- + -coccus.]
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Main Entry: echi·no·coc·cus
Pronunciation: -n&-'käk-&s
Function: noun
1 capitalized : a genus of tapewormsof the family Taeniidae that alternate a minute adult living as a harmless commensal in the intestine of dogs and other carnivores with a hydatid larva invading tissues especially of the liver ofcattle, sheep, swine, and humans, and acting as a serious often fatal pathogen
2 pl echi·no·coc·ci /-'käk-"(s)I, -'käk-(")(s)E/ : any tapeworm of the genus Echinococcus; also : HYDATID 1
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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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