ALL meanings of cysticercus
cys·ti·cer·cus
C c - noun cysticercus an encysted larval form of many tapeworms, consisting of a head (scolex) inverted in a fluid-filled bladder 3
- noun cysticercus the larva of certain tapeworms, parasitic in an intermediate host, in which the head and neck are partly enclosed in a bladderlike cyst; bladderworm 3
- noun plural cysticercus the larva of certain tapeworms, having the head retracted into a bladderlike structure; a bladder worm. 1
- noun cysticercus A larval tapeworm that is at a stage in which the scolex is inverted in a sac, and that is typically found encysted in the muscle tissue of the host. 1
- noun cysticercus The larval stage of any of several tapeworms, having a fluid-filled cyst enclosing a scolex. 0