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What does echinococcus mean?

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Noun
  1. (zoology) A parasite of humans and of many domestic and wild animals, the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus, that forms compound cysts or tumours (called hydatid cysts) in various organs, but especially in the liver and lungs.
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There are no corresponding changes of size in the echinococcus cyst.
It is fairly constant in trichinosis, uncinariasis, filariasis, and echinococcus disease.
Mucinous cystic neoplasm of the liver is uncommon and sometimes misdiagnosed as Echinococcal cyst, especially when patient with history of echinococcus infection.
There exists a singular cestode which bears the name of echinococcus.
The usually placid course pursued by echinococcus of the liver may be much modified by inflammation and suppuration.
The peculiar form known as the multilocular echinococcus is probably a mere variety of the exogenous type.

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