Echinococcosis

Definition: Echinococcosis

Echinococcosis

Noun

1. Infestation with larval echinococci (tapeworms).

Specialty Definitions: Echinococcosis

Domain	Definitions
Health	An infection caused by the infestation of the larval form of tapeworms of the genus Echinococcus. The liver, lungs, and kidney are the most common areas of infestation. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Echinococcosis

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Echinococcosis, also called hydatid disease, results from being infected with the larvae of the tapeworms Echinococcus multilocularis, E. granulosus, or E. vogeli. E. granulosus is found in dogs, coyotes, wolves, dingos, and jackals. E. multilocularis is found in foxes, coyotes, dogs and cats. E. vogeli appears to be quite rare, appearing only in Central and South America.

Infection with E. granulosus results in the formation of cysts in the liver, lungs, kidney and spleen. This condition is also known as cystic hydatid disease and can usually be successfully treated with surgery. Infection with E. multilocularis results in the formation of parasitic tumors in the liver, lungs, brain, and other organs. This condition is more likely to be fatal than the disease caused by E. granulosus. It is also called alveolar hydatid disease.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Echinococcosis."

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Synonyms: Echinococcosis

Synonyms: hydatid disease (n), hydatidosis (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Echinococcosis

English words defined with "echinococcosis": hydatid. (references)

Specialty definitions using "echinococcosis": Echinococcosis, Hepatic, Echinococcosis, Pulmonary. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Echinococcosis

Domain	Title
Books	Echinococcosis, hydatidosis : the problem and its control, case study, Cyprus (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Echinococcosis

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		WHO. Guidelines for treatment of cystic and alveolar echinococcosis in humans. (references)
		Surgery is the most common form of treatment for echinococcosis, although removal of the parasite mass is not usually 100% effective. (references)
		Human echinococcosis (hydatidosis, or hydatid disease) is caused by the larval stages of cestodes (tapeworms) of the genus Echinococcus. (references)
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Echinococcosis

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
echinococcosis	3
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Modern Translations: Echinococcosis

Language		Translations for "echinococcosis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
French		échinococcose. (various references)

German		Echinokokkose (fox tapeworm), Echinokokken-Krankheit, Echinokokken-Infektion. (various references)

Pig Latin		echinococcosisay.(various references)

Spanish		equinococosis. (various references)
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Anagrams: Echinococcosis

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-c-c-c-e-h-i-i-n-o-o-o-s-s"
	-3 letters: echinococci.
	-5 letters: cohesions.
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