Associations to the word «Echinococcus»

Wiktionary

ECHINOCOCCUS, noun. (zoology) A parasite of humans and of many domestic and wild animals, the larval stage of Taenia echinococcus, that forms compound cysts or tumours (called hydatid cysts) in various organs, but especially in the liver and lungs.

Dictionary definition

ECHINOCOCCUS, noun. Tapeworms whose larvae are parasitic in humans and domestic animals.

Wise words

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