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Hydatid

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Noun

1. hydatid

cyst filled with liquid; forms as a result of infestation by tapeworm larvae (as in echinococcosis)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hydatid

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noun
1. 
a large bladder containing encysted larvae of the tapeworm Echinococcus: causes serious disease in man
2. Also called: hydatid cyst
a sterile fluid-filled cyst produced in man and animals during infestation by Echinococcus larval forms

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Hydatid

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noun
1. 
a cyst containing watery fluid and the larvae of certain tapeworms (esp. genus Echinococcus), found in the body tissue, esp. the liver, of many animals
adjective
2. 
of or like such a cyst

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Hydatid

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n.
1. A cyst formed as a result of infestation by larvae of an echinococcus tapeworm.
2. The encysted larva of such a tapeworm.

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