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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Hydatid \Hy"da*tid\, n. [Gr. [?], [?], a watery vesicle under the upper eyelid, fr. "y`dwr, "y`datos, water: cf. F. hydatide.] (Zo[94]l.) A membranous sac or bladder filled with a pellucid fluid, found in various parts of the bodies of animals, but unconnected with the tissues. It is usually formed by parasitic worms, esp. by larval tapeworms, as Echinococcus and C[d2]nurus. See these words in the Vocabulary. {Hydatid of Morgagni} (Anat.), one of the small pedunculated bodies found between the testicle and the head of the epididymis, and supposed to be a remnant of the M[81]llerian duct. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Cysticerce \Cys"ti*cerce\ (s?s"t?-s?rs), Cysticercus \Cys`ti*cer"cus\ (-s?r"k?s), n. [NL. cysticercus, fr. Gr. [?][?][?][?] bladder + [?][?][?][?] tail: cf. F. cysticerque.] (Zo[94]l.) The larval form of a tapeworm, having the head and neck of a tapeworm attached to a saclike body filled with fluid; -- called also {bladder worm}, {hydatid}, and {measle} (as, pork measle). Note: These larvae live in the tissues of various living animals, and, when swallowed by a suitable carnivorous animal, develop into adult tapeworms in the intestine. See {Measles}, 4, {Tapeworm}. | |
