Definition of "cysticercus" []

• The larval stage of many tapeworms, consisting of a single invaginated scolex enclosed in a fluid-filled cyst. (noun)

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• "“The only one I can think of that invades the brain is cysticercus.”"
• "The ~Mouse~ and ~Rat~ suffer from septicæmia, and from the cysticercus form of _Tænia murina_; the cystic form (_Cysticercus fasciolaris_) of _T. crassicollis_ has its habitat in their livers."
• "_Hydatid and cysticercus cysts_ have also been met with in the tongue."