Usually means: Larval stage of tapeworm infection.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word cysticercus:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. cysticercus: Merriam-Webster
  2. cysticercus: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cysticercus: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cysticercus: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cysticercus: Wordnik
  6. cysticercus: Wiktionary
  7. cysticercus: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. cysticercus: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. cysticercus: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. cysticercus: Dictionary.com
  11. Cysticercus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Cysticercus: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. Cysticercus: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. cysticercus: FreeDictionary.org
  15. cysticercus: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. cysticercus: Encyclopedia

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. cysticercus: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Cysticercus: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. cysticercus: Medical dictionary
  7. Cysticercus: Drug Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cysticercus)

▸ noun:  The larval stage of any of several tapeworms, having a fluid-filled cyst enclosing a scolex.

Similar:
cysticercoid, cercocystis, metacestode, cystid, metacyst, cystacanth, sporocyst, metacercaria, acephalocyst, protoscolex, more...

Opposite:
non-cysticercus, acysticercus

Types:
bladder worm, coenurus, hydatid, megaloceros, more...

Phrases:
cysticercus bovis, cysticercus ovis, cysticercus cellulosae, cysticercus fasciolaris, cysticercus pisiformis, more...

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Similar:
cysticercoid, cercocystis, metacestode, cystid, metacyst, cystacanth, sporocyst, metacercaria, acephalocyst, protoscolex, more...

Opposite:
non-cysticercus, acysticercus

Types:
bladder worm, coenurus, hydatid, megaloceros, more...

Phrases:
cysticercus bovis, cysticercus ovis, cysticercus cellulosae, cysticercus fasciolaris, cysticercus pisiformis, cysticercus tenuicollis, cysticercus tarandi, more...



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