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hy⋅da⋅tid

  [hahy-duh-tid] Pathology
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–noun
1. a cyst with watery contents that is produced in humans and animals by a tapeworm in the larval state; cysticerus.
2. a cystic vestige of an embryonic feature.
–adjective
3. Also, hy⋅da⋅tid⋅i⋅nous. of or pertaining to a hydatid.
4. containing or affected by hydatids.
Origin:
1675–85; < Gk hydatid- (s. of hydatís) watery vesicle
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Main Entry: hy·da·tid
Pronunciation: 'hId-&-t&d, -"tid
Function: noun
1 : the larval cyst of a tapeworm of the genusEchinococcus that usually occurs as a fluid-filled sac containing daughter cysts in which scolices develop but that occas. forms a proliferating spongy mass which actively metastasizes in thehost's tissues called also hydatid cyst; —see ECHINOCOCCUS 1
2 a : an abnormal cyst orcystic structure; especially : HYDATIDIFORM MOLE b : HYDATID DISEASE
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hydatid hy·da·tid (hī'də-tĭd)
n.

  1. A hydatid cyst.

  2. The encysted larva of Echinococcus granulosus.

  3. An abnormal vascular structure that is usually filled with fluid.

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