ALL meanings of echinococcus
e·chi·no·coc·cus
E e - noun echinococcus (zoology) A parasite of humans and of many domestic and wild animals, the larval stage of Taenia echinococcus, that forms compound cysts or tumours (called hydatid cysts) in various organs, but especially in the liver and lungs. 1
- noun plural echinococcus any of a number of tapeworms of the genus Echinococcus whose larvae are parasitic in humans and domestic animals. 1
- noun echinococcus any of the tapeworms constituting the genus Echinococcus, the larvae of which are parasitic in man and domestic animals 0
- noun echinococcus any of a genus (Echinococcus) of tapeworms that cause disease in mammals 0