- Taenia crassicollis
- T. taeniaeformis.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Taenia crassicollis
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Taenia taeniaeformis — a species found most often in cats and sometimes in other animals; rats, mice, and other rodents are intermediate hosts. Called also T. crassicollis … Medical dictionary
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cat tapeworm — n a common tapeworm of the genus Taenia (T. taeniaeformis or T. crassicollis) of cats who ingest cysticercus infected livers of various rodents … Medical dictionary
cat tapeworm — noun : a common tapeworm (Taenia taeniaeformis or T. crassicollis) of cats who ingest the cysticercus from various rodents in whose livers this larva forms conspicuous tumors … Useful english dictionary
