echinococcus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Echinococcus, from echino- (“sea urchin, prickle”) +‎ -coccus (“spherical microorganism”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪˌkaɪ.nəˈkɑk.əs/
• Rhymes: -ɒkəs

Noun

echinococcus (plural echinococci)

1. (zoology) A parasite of humans and of many domestic and wild animals, the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus, that forms compound cysts or tumours (called hydatid cysts) in various organs, but especially in the liver and lungs.

Derived terms

• echinococcal
• echinococcosis

 

Translations

parasite

• French: échinocoque (fr) m
• Greek: εχινόκοκκος (el) m (echinókokkos)
• Russian: эхиноко́кк (ru) m (exinokókk)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “echinococcus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)