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

Derived terms

Translations

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.