/sɪstɪˈsɜːsaɪ/.cysticercusn.
/sɪstɪˈsəːkəs//sɪstɪˈsɜːsaɪ/. Zoology.
The scolex or larva of a tape-worm in its encysted state; a hydatid.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Platyhelminthes > [noun] > class Cestodes > member of > segmented > larva > in encysted state
hydatid1683
acephalocyst1814
cœnure1847
bladder worm1858
cysticercus1871
1871 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom (ed. 4) vii. 152 The discovery that the cystiform Entozoa, Cœnurus and Cysticercus..are merely the Scoleces of ordinary Tape worms.
1875 H. Walton Pract. Treat. Dis. Eye (ed. 3) 24 The cysticercus, the..larval state of the..pork tape-worm, gains access to the human body by being swallowed in an earlier larval condition.
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cystiˈcercal adj.
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1858 J. Copland Dict. Pract. Med. III. ii. 1385/2 A portion of the Tæniæ pass through a true cysticercal (bladder-worm) state.
cystiˈcercoid adj. and n.
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1858 J. Copland Dict. Pract. Med. III. ii. 1385/2 True Cysticerci occur only in warm-blooded animals..and cysticercoid forms principally in cold-blooded animals.
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals iv. 212 The dog devours the louse, and the Cysticercoid becomes a Tænia cucumerina in his intestine.
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cysticerˈcoidal adj.
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