Cysticercus

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.


 


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