A cyst formed as a result of infestation by larvae of an echinococcus tapeworm.
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The encysted larva of such a tapeworm.
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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.
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Of or like such a cyst.
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A cyst formed as a result of infestation by larvae of an echinococcus tapeworm.
Greek hudatishudatid-watery vesiclefromhudōrhudat-waterwed-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.