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Definition: Echinococcus |
EchinococcusNoun1. Tapeworms whose larvae are parasitic in humans and domestic animals. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Echinococcus \E*chi`no*coc"cus\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression hedgehog, sea urchin grain, seed. So called because forming little granular bodies, each armed with hooklets and disposed upon the inner wall of the hydatid cysts.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: Echinococcus |
| English words defined with "echinococcus": Cystic worm ♦ genus Echinococcus ♦ Scolex. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "echinococcus": Echinococcosis, Hepatic, Echinococcosis, Pulmonary. (references) |
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Health | Echinococcus granulosus infections remain silent for years before the enlarging cysts cause symptoms in the affected organs. (references) | |
The adult Echinococcus granulosus (3 to 6 mm long) resides in the small bowel of the definitive hosts, dogs or other canids. (references) | ||
Wild foxes, coyotes, and cats get infected when they eat Echinococcus multilocularis larvae in infected rodents, field mice, or voles. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expressions using "echinococcus": genus Echinococcus ♦ Taenia echinococcus. Additional references. | |
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| 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. |
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echinococcus granulosus | 21 |
echinococcus | 17 |
echinococcus multilocularis | 4 |
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| Language | Translations for "echinococcus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
French | kyste hydatique (echinococcus cyst), allergie échinococcique (echinococcus allergy). (various references) | |
German | Echinokokkuszyste (echinococcus cyst), Echinokokken-Allergie (echinococcus allergy). (various references) | |
Hungarian | ekinokokkusz, hólyagféreg. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | echinococcusay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "echinococcus" (pronounced 'E*chi`no*coc"cus'): Abaciscus, Ascococcus, Ascus, Asteriscus, Cercus, Circus, Coccus, Cuscus, Cytococcus, Damascus, Discus, Ficus, Floccus, Gale-opithecus, Glaucus, gonococcus, incus, lemniscus, locus, Macacus, Mancus, Manducus, meniscus, Micrococcus, Mucus, Ovococcus, Picus, Pneumococcus, Propithecus, Protococcus, Saccus, Sambucus, Spermococcus, streptococcus, succus, sulcus, Trochiscus, Truncus, umbilicus, uncus, Viscus. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-c-c-e-h-i-n-o-o-s-u" | |
-4 letters: cohesion, conchies. | |
-5 letters: choices, cinches, coccous, cochins, cohunes, conches, conchie, concise, cooches, couches, cushion, echinus, heinous. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01100011 01101000 01101001 01101110 01101111 01100011 01101111 01100011 01100011 01110101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E c h i n o c o c c u s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0063 0068 0069 006E 006F 0063 006F 0063 0063 0075 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)396974758081698169698785 |
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