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echinococcus en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ɪˌkaɪ.nəˈkɑk.əs/ (General-American)

Etymology

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

Meanings

(archaic) A parasite of humans and of many domestic and wild animals, thought to be 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.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
echinococci	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Deriveds

echinococcosis · echinococcal

Translations (3)

el εχινόκοκκος (parasite) · fr échinocoque (parasite) · ru эхиноко́кк (parasite)