Hydatid Definition

hīdə-tĭd
noun
A cyst containing watery fluid and the larvae of certain tapeworms (esp. genus Echinococcus), found in the bodily tissue, esp. the liver, of many animals.
Webster's New World
The encysted larva of such a tapeworm.
American Heritage Medicine
adjective
Of or like such a cyst.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Hydatid

Noun

Singular:
hydatid
Plural:
hydatids

Origin of Hydatid

  • Greek hudatis hudatid- watery vesicle from hudōr hudat- water wed-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Hydatid Sentence Examples

  • Inside this wall is the special covering of the embryo which shortly becomes distended with clear hydatid fluid.

  • The peculiar feature of the larval history of Cestodes is the development in most cases of a cyst or hydatid on the inner wall of which the scolex is formed by invagination.

  • In hydatid disease there is, as a rule, a marked increase in the number of those white corpuscles which possess a specially staining affinity with the dye eosin, and are therefore known as eosinophile cells.

  • Pedunculated hydatid.

  • Management of hydatid cysts Surgical treatment is the preferred option.

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Words Starting With

HHYHYD

Words Ending With

DIDTID

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