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What (who) is hydatid - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Hydatid (disambiguation)
hydatid
['h??d?t?d]
¦ noun Medicine a cyst containing watery fluid, in particular one formed by and containing a tapeworm larva.
Origin
C17: from mod. L. hydatis, from Gk hudatis, hudatid- 'watery vesicle', from hudor, hudat- 'water'.
Hydatid
·noun A membranous sac or bladder filled with a pellucid fluid, found in various parts of the bodies of animals, but unconnected with the tissues. It is usually formed by parasitic worms, ·esp. by larval tapeworms, as Echinococcus and Coenurus. ·see these words in the Vocabulary.
Echinococcus granulosus
SPECIES OF WORM
Dog tapeworm; Hydatid worm
Echinococcus granulosus, also called the hydatid worm, hyper tape-worm or dog tapeworm, is a cyclophyllid cestode that dwells in the small intestine of canids as an adult, but which has important intermediate hosts such as livestock and humans, where it causes cystic echinococcosis, also known as hydatid disease. The adult tapeworm ranges in length from 3 mm to 6 mm and has three proglottids ("segments") when intact—an immature proglottid, mature proglottid and a gravid proglottid.
Wikipedia
Hydatid
Hydatid may refer to:
- Echinococcosis
- Echinococcus granulosus, known as the hydatid tapeworm
- Hydatid of Morgagni
- Hydatidiform mole or hydatid mole
