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Medical Definition of Hydatid cyst
1. A cyst formed in the liver, or, less frequently, elsewhere, by the larval stage of Echinococcus, chiefly in ruminants; two morphological forms caused by Echinococcus granulosus are found in humans: the unilocular hydatid cyst and the osseous hydatid cyst; a third form in humans is the alveolar hydatid cyst, caused by Echinococcus multilocularis. Synonym: echinococcus cyst, hydatid. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydatid Cyst
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