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Words related to tapeworm

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  • cysticercosis

    a parasitic infection of tissue by the larval form of the pork tapeworm, Taenia Solium, contracted through the ingestion of food or water contaminated by faeces, or by eating infected pork

  • hydatid

    a cyst with watery contents that is produced in humans and animals by a tapeworm in the larval state; cysticerus.

  • proglottis

    one of the segments or joints of a tapeworm, containing complete reproductive systems, usually both male and female.

  • scolex

    the anterior, headlike segment of a tapeworm, having suckers, hooks, or the like, for attachment.

  • self-fertilization

    Botany. fertilization of an ovum of a plant by a male gamete from the same flower (opposed to cross-fertilization).

  • strobila

    the body of a tapeworm exclusive of the head and neck region. Compare scolex.
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