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scoleces — pl. of scolex … Useful english dictionary
Scoleces — Scolex Sco lex, n.; pl. {Scoleces}. [NL., from Gr. skw lhx worm, grub.] (Zo[ o]l.) (a) The embryo produced directly from the egg in a metagenetic series, especially the larva of a tapeworm or other parasitic worm. See Illust. of {Echinococcus}.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
scoleces — pl. of scolex … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
scoleces — n. head of a tapeworm containing the organs used for attachment (such as suckers, hooks, etc.) … English contemporary dictionary
Cyst — A closed sac or capsule, usually filled with fluid or semisolid material. * * * 1. A bladder. 2. An abnormal sac containing gas, fluid, or a semisolid material, with a membranous lining. SEE ALSO: pseudocyst. [G. kystis, bladder] adventitious c.… … Medical dictionary
Coenurus — Former generic name, now used to designate larval forms of taenioid cestodes in which a bladder is formed with a number of invaginated scoleces developing within; distinguished from a hydatid cyst by the absence of free floating daughter cyst… … Medical dictionary
Scolex — Sco lex, n.; pl. {Scoleces}. [NL., from Gr. skw lhx worm, grub.] (Zo[ o]l.) (a) The embryo produced directly from the egg in a metagenetic series, especially the larva of a tapeworm or other parasitic worm. See Illust. of {Echinococcus}. (b) One… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
scolex — noun (plural scolices; also scoleces) Etymology: New Latin scolic , scolex, from Greek skōlēk , skōlēx worm; akin to Greek skolios crooked, skelos leg more at isosceles Date: 1855 the head of a tapeworm either in the larva or adult stage … New Collegiate Dictionary
scolex — /skoh leks/, n., pl. scoleces /skoh lee seez/, scolices /skol euh seez , skoh leuh /. Zool. the anterior, headlike segment of a tapeworm, having suckers, hooks, or the like, for attachment. [1850 55; < Gk skólex worm] * * * … Universalium
Capsule — has many meanings in medicine including the following: {{}}In medicine, a membranous structure that envelops an organ, a joint, tumor, or any other part of the body. It is usually made up of dense collagen containing connective tissue. In… … Medical dictionary
