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Echinococcus :: Echinococcus (n.) A parasite of man and of many domestic and wild animals, forming compound cysts or tumors (called hydatid cysts) in various organs, but especially in the liver and lungs, which often cause death. It is the larval stage of the Taenia echinococcus, a small tapeworm peculiar to the dog..

Monocystic :: Monocystic (a.) Of or pertaining to a division (Monocystidea) of Gregarinida, in which the body consists of one sac..

Cystid :: Cystid (n.) One of the Cystidea.

Cyst :: Cyst (n.) One of the bladders or air vessels of certain algae, as of the great kelp of the Pacific, and common rockweeds (Fuci) of our shores..

Nematocyst :: Nematocyst (n.) A lasso cell, or thread cell. See Lasso cell, under Lasso..

Polycystine :: Polycystine (a.) Pertaining to the Polycystina.

Trichocyst :: Trichocyst (n.) A lasso cell.

Cnida :: Cnida (n.) One of the peculiar stinging, cells found in Coelenterata; a nematocyst; a lasso cell..

Cysticule :: Cysticule (n.) An appendage of the vestibular ear sac of fishes.

Cystocarp :: Cystocarp (n.) A minute vesicle in a red seaweed, which contains the reproductive spores..

Cystotomy :: Cystotomy (n.) The act or practice of opening cysts; esp., the operation of cutting into the bladder, as for the extraction of a calculus..

Pouch :: Pouch (n.) A cyst or sac containing fluid.

Aerocyst :: Aerocyst (n.) One of the air cells of algals.

Polycystid :: Polycystid (n.) One of the Polycystina.

Ctenocyst :: Ctenocyst (n.) An organ of the Ctenophora, supposed to be sensory..

Steatomatous :: Steatoma (n.) A cyst containing matter like suet.

Melicerous :: Melicerous (a.) Consisting of or containing matter like honey; -- said of certain encysted tumors.

Hepatocystic :: Hepatocystic (a.) Of or pertaining to the liver and gall bladder; as, the hepatocystic ducts..

Paralbumin :: Paralbumin (n.) A proteidlike body found in the fluid from ovarian cysts and elsewhere. It is generally associated with a substance related to, if not identical with, glycogen..

Cystine :: Cystine (n.) A white crystalline substance, C3H7NSO2, containing sulphur, occuring as a constituent of certain rare urinary calculi, and occasionally found as a sediment in urine..

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