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Definition: CYSTICERCUS |
CYSTICERCUSNoun1. The larval form of a tapeworm, having the head and neck of a tapeworm attached to a saclike body filled with fluid; -- called also bladder worm, hydatid, and measle (as, pork measle). |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | The larval form of various tapeworms of the genus Taenia. (references) |
Medicine | A larval form of tapeworms in which there is only a single invaginated scolex and a large cyst. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A former genus of the larval or intermediate stage of tapeworms. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Bladder-worm. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: CYSTICERCUS |
| English words defined with "CYSTICERCUS": bladder worm ♦ Cystic worm, Cysticerce. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "CYSTICERCUS": pork cysticercosis, pork measles ♦ sheep measles. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "CYSTICERCUS" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Latin (cysticercus). |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The definitive diagnosis consists of demonstrating the cysticercus in the tissue involved. (references) | |
Humans become infected by ingesting raw or undercooked infected meat. In the human intestine, the cysticercus develops over 2 months into an adult tapeworm, which can survive for more than 30 years. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cysticercus | 3 |
bovis cysticercus | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "CYSTICERCUS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 囊虫. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | tinte. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vin (fin), fin (Finn), blaasworm. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | cysticerque, cysticercus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | finne (bladder worm, fin, finn, peen, pimple). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | κυστίκερκος. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | cisticerco. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ysticercuscay cisticerco. (various references) cisticerco (bladder worm). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | cysticercus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-c-e-i-r-s-s-t-u-y" | |
-3 letters: circuses, citruses, curtseys, curtsies, rictuses, security. | |
-4 letters: circusy, citrusy, cretics, cruises, crusets, curites, curtesy, curtsey, cutises, icterus, ictuses, russety, rustics, suiters, tissuey. | |
-5 letters: cercis, cercus, cestus, circus, cistus, citers, citrus, crests, cretic, crises, cruces, cruets, cruise, cruses, cruset, crusts, crusty, cuisse, curets, curies, curite, curses, curtsy, cusecs, cusser, cutesy, cuteys, cuties, cyesis, cystic. | |
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