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Definition of Echinococcosis
1. Noun. Infestation with larval echinococci (tapeworms).
Definition of Echinococcosis
1. Noun. (diseases) A potentially fatal parasitic disease of animals and humans, caused by the ''Echinococcus'' tapeworm. ¹
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Definition of Echinococcosis
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Medical Definition of Echinococcosis
1. Infection caused by tapeworms of the genus echinococcus. The larval stage is called hydatid or hydatid cyst and develops in almost all mammals, especially domestic and farm animals, and in man under certain epidemiological conditions. The liver, lungs, and kidney are particularly common sites of development and infestation. . Echinococcosis, hepatic and echinococcosis, pulmonary are also available. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Echinococcosis
Literary usage of Echinococcosis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1907)
"echinococcosis is due to the development, in the viscera and tissues of animals
or men, of the cystic form of two species of parasitic taeniae inhabiting ..."
2. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1917)
"In secondary echinococcosis the transplantation may take place (I) in situ; (2)
on a serous ... In clinical renal echinococcosis the kidney, as a rule, ..."
3. Swine Diseases by Albert Thomas Kinsley (1914)
"Because of the location and nature of the lesion, treatment for echinococcosis
is ineffectual. The condition is readily prevented by treating with ..."
4. Clinical Medicine; Tuesday Clinics at the Johns Hopkins Hospital by Lewellys Franklin Barker (1922)
"Such a metastasizing echinococcosis is as serious a disease as a metastasizing
... An Italian investigator, de Renzi, believes that echinococcosis can be ..."
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