- Cysticerce
- Cysticerce Cys"ti*cerce (s?s"t?-s?rs), Cysticercus
Cys`ti*cer"cus (-s?r"k?s), n. [NL. cysticercus, fr. Gr. ????
bladder + ke`rkos tail: cf. F. cysticerque.] (Zo["o]l.)
The larval form of a tapeworm, having the head and neck of a
tapeworm attached to a saclike body filled with fluid; --
called also {bladder worm}, {hydatid}, and {measle} (as, pork
measle).
[1913 Webster]
Note: These larvae live in the tissues of various living animals, and, when swallowed by a suitable carnivorous animal, develop into adult tapeworms in the intestine. See {Measles}, 4, {Tapeworm}. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.