echinococcus Definition

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echinococcus

noun(echi-no-coc-cus)

any of a genus (Echinococcus) of tapeworms that alternate a minute adult living as a commensal in the intestine of carnivores with a hydatid larva invading tissues especially of the liver of cattle, sheep, swine, and humans and acting as a dangerous pathogen

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echinococcus Definition

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