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sco⋅lex

  [skoh-leks]
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–noun, plural sco⋅le⋅ces  [skoh-lee-seez] , scol⋅i⋅ces  [skol-uh-seez, skoh-luh-] . Zoology.
the anterior, headlike segment of a tapeworm, having suckers, hooks, or the like, for attachment.
Origin:
1850–55; < Gk sklēx worm
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sco·lex   (skō'lěks')   
n.   pl. sco·li·ces (-lĭ-sēz')
The knoblike anterior end of a tapeworm, having suckers or hooklike parts that in the adult stage serve as organs of attachment to the host on which the tapeworm is parasitic.

[New Latin scōlēx, from Greek skōlēx, worm.]
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Main Entry: sco·lex
Pronunciation: 'skO-"leks
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural sco·li·ces /'skO-l&-"sEz/ also sco·le·ces /'skäl-&-"sEz, 'skOl-/ or scolexes
: the head of a tapeworm either in the larva or adult stage from whichthe proglottids are produced by budding
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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scolex sco·lex (skō'lěks')
n. pl. sco·lex·es or sco·li·ces or sco·le·ces (-lĭ-sēz')
The knoblike anterior end of a tapeworm, having suckers or hooklike parts that in the adult stage serve as organs of attachment to the host.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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