echinococcus
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/ɪˌkaɪ.nəˈkɑk.əs/
Definition of echinococcus
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (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.
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Etymology
Borrowed from translingual Echinococcus, from echino- (“sea urchin, prickle”) + -coccus (“spherical microorganism”).
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32 words- COCCIC 14 pts
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52 words- CHICO 12 pts
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63 words- CHIC 11 pts
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36 words- CHI 8 pts
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