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echinococcus
Definition: tapeworms whose larvae are parasitic in humans and domestic animals
Definition: A parasite of humans and of many domestic and wild animals, 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.