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hydatid cyst (medicine) and cuesta (iou)


hydatid cyst (medicine)


hydatid cyst


A cyst formed in the liver, or, less frequently, elsewhere, by the larval stage of Echinococcus, chiefly in ruminants; two morphological forms caused by Echinococcus granulosus are found in humans: the unilocular hydatid cyst and the osseous hydatid cyst; a third form in humans is the alveolar hydatid cyst, caused by Echinococcus multilocularis.

Synonym: echinococcus cyst, hydatid.


cuesta (iou)



cuesta noun. E19.
[Spanish = slope from Latin costa: see COAST noun.]
Orig. (US dial.), a steep slope that terminates a gently sloping plain; a plain in this configuration. Now (Geography), a ridge with a gentle slope on one side and a steep one on the Other, a scarp and dip.