See Also: cysticercus(medicine)
Cysticercus(health)
cysticercus(dictionary)
Cysticercus bovis(medicine)
Cysticercus cellulosae(medicine)
Cysticercus fasciolaris(medicine)
Cysticercus pisiformis(medicine)
Cysticercus tenuicollis(medicine)
cysticercus disease(medicine)

cysticercus (iou)



cysticercus noun. . M19.
[mod. Latin (orig. the name of a supposed genus), formed as CYSTI- + Greek kerkos tail.]
Zoology. A larval tapeworm, esp. of the family Taeniidae, at a stage in which the scolex is invaginated, typically found as a cyst in the muscle tissue of the host.
cysticercoid adjective & noun (pertaining to, resembling, or of the nature of) a cysticercus M19.