See Also: Echinococcus(medicine)
Echinococcus(health)
echinococcus(dictionary)
echinococcus cyst(medicine)
echinococcus disease(medicine)

echinococcus (iou)



echinococcus noun. . M19.
[mod. Latin Echinococcus (see below), formed as ECHINO- + Greek kokkos seed, grain.]
A tapeworm (formerly spec., an encysted larval form) of the genus Echinococcus, members of which occur as adults in the intestines of dogs, wolves, etc., and as larval hydatid cysts in sheep and other animals, and sometimes humans.
echinococcosis noun (Medicine) hydatid disease caused by echinococci E20.