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Acephalocyst
A-ceph′a-lo-cyst
,Noun.
[Gr.
ἀκέφαλοσ
without a head + κύστισ
bladder.] (Zool.)
A larval entozoön in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man and the lower animals; – so called from the absence of a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different origin.
Definition 2024
acephalocyst
acephalocyst
English
Noun
acephalocyst (plural acephalocysts)
- (zoology) A larval entozoön in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man and the lower animals; -- so called from the absence of a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different origin.
Translations
larval entozoön
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