Encysted intermediate stage of a tape-worm formed in the alternate host.
The larva of a tapeworm of the genus Taenia, found in pork, which is enclosed in a cyst.
A larval stage of some tapeworms in which the scolex and neck are invaginated into a large fluid-filled cyst. The cysts develop in the muscles or brain of the host following ingestion of tapeworm eggs.
The encysted larval form of a tapeworm, consisting of a rounded cyst or bladder into which the scolex is invaginated.