Bothriocephalus (both-re-o-sef'al-us)

A genus of the cla Cestoidea and the order Pseudo phil idea. The scolex is unarmed and has flat suckers. This genus is a form of tapeworm. B. cord at us. A species found in Green land and Iceland, which infests dogs, seals, and men. It is shorter and more compre ed than B. lat us and the shape of the head is short, broad, and cordiform with lateral projecting borders. B. cristatus. See B. lat us. B. lat us. Syn.: Taenia vulgar is, Taenia lat a, Taenia grise a, and Dibothriocephalus. The Swi tapeworm; a species sometimes attaining a length of 25 feet and a breadth of nearly an inch, and having as many as 4,000 joints. The head has no hooks, but two lateral grooves, by means of which the worm attaches itself to the intestine. It is bluish white, and is most commonly found in Switzerland and neighboring countries, out of Europe. Its larval form probably exists in fishes. It infests dogs, cats, and man. B. liguloides. Syn.: Ligula Mansoni. A variety the larval form of which has been found in the sub peritoneal connective ti ue of man in China and Japan. It may attain a length of 8 inches; posteriorly it is narrowed, and anteriorly it is widened for a short distance into a sort of disk. The head is somewhat compre ed and usually more or le invaginated, and lies on a papilliform elevation in the middle of the anterior end. Both surfaces of the body are alike. B. Mansoni. See B. linguloides. [Gr., bothrion, pit, + kephale, head.] botryoid, botryoidal (bot're-oid, bot-reoid'al). Resembling a bunch of grapes; racemose. [Gr., botryoeide, from botrys, bunch, cluster, + eidos, resemblance.] Botryomyces (bot-re-o'mi-ses). The generic name of the pathogenic organism of botryomycosis. B. _ ascoformans. The spherical bodies ranging from 0.8 to 12 vin size, found in the granulomatous lesions of botryomycosis hominis. This organism has not been cultivated. [Gr., botrys, fungus.] a bunch of grapes, + mykes, a botryomycosis hominis (bot-re-o-mi-ko'- sis hom'i-nis). A rare skin disease, characterized by the development of infectious granulomata in the skin, grapelike or mulberry like groups of cocci being formed in the ti ue. A similar disease is common in horses. [Gr., botrys, bunch of grapes, + mykes, fungus.]