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cysticercus definition

cys·ti·cer·cus (-kəs)

noun pl. cysticerci -·cer′ci′ (-sī′)

the larva of certain tapeworms, parasitic in an intermediate host, in which the head and neck are partly enclosed in a bladderlike cyst; bladderworm

Etymology: ModL < cysti- (var. of cysto-) + Gr kerkos, tail

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