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echinococci

echinococci is the plural of echinococcus.

Meaning of echinococcus

Noun

echinococcus (plural echinococci)

  1. (archaic) A parasite of humans and of many domestic and wild animals, thought to be the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus, that forms compound cysts or tumours (called hydatid cysts) in various organs, but especially in the liver and lungs.

Questions about echinococci

What is echinococci the plural of?
Echinococci is the plural of echinococcus.

Words near echinococci in the dictionary

  1. echinoclasterol
  2. echinoclathriamide
  3. echinoclathrine
  4. echinoclathrines
  5. echinococcal
  6. echinococci
  7. echinococciasis
  8. echinococcoses
  9. echinococcosic
  10. echinococcosis
  11. echinococcus

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