cysticercus (sist is erk us)

[NL., as a generic term, under the impre ion that the so-called cus is retained as a convenient designation of such larvæ. Thus, the cysticercus of the ox becomes in man Tænia mediocanellata; the Cysticercus pisiform is of the rabbit becomes Tania serrata of the dog, wolf, or fox; the Cysti cercus fascio laris of the rat and mouse develops in the cat as Tænia cra i coll is. The cystic worm Tania cœnu rus of the dog has many heads, and is known as a cœnure; and the Cænur us cerebral is is found in the brain of sheep. Another form of many-headed cystic worm, complicated by proliferation, is the larva of Tænia echinococcus of the dog, known as an echinococcus, Echinococcus veterinorum being found in the liver of man as well as of various docysticle (sis'ti-kl), n. [ mes tic animals. See tænia, cænure, echinococcus, and scolex. In some Acalephæ the cystic les are not complicated with pigment cells. Owen , Anat., ix.