cysticercosis

English

Etymology

From cysticercus +‎ -osis. Also refer to -sis.

Noun

cysticercosis (countable and uncountable, plural cysticercoses)

1. (medicine) A parasitic infestation of the voluntary muscles, lungs, central nervous system and other organs, caused by the ingestion of eggs of the tapeworm Taenia solium.

Hypernyms

• taeniasis

Derived terms

• cysticercal
• cysticercotic
• neurocysticercosis

Translations

parasitic infestation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 囊蟲病 / 囊虫病 (zh) (nángchóngbìng), 囊尾蚴病 (zh) (nángwěiyòubìng)

• Finnish: systiserkoosi
• Galician: cisticercose (gl) f
• Italian: cisticercosi
• Polish: wągrzyca f
• Portuguese: cisticercose f
• Spanish: cisticercosis f