cenuris, coenuris

cenuris, coenuris
A tapeworm bladderworm with multiple inverted scoleces attached to the inner germinative layer; produced by taeniid cestodes of the genus Multiceps, typically found in the brain or tissues of herbivores and the adult worm in the intestine of wolves, dogs, or other canids; rare cases of c. infections in humans have been reported. [G. kenos, empty, + G. uris, tail]

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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