HYDATID


Meaning of HYDATID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhī-də-təd, -ˌtid ]

noun

Etymology: Greek hydatid-, hydatis watery cyst, from hydat-, hydōr

Date: 1683

: the larval cyst of a tapeworm (genus Echinococcus ) occurring as a fluid-filled sac containing daughter cysts in which scolices develop

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