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neurocysticercosis

/ˌn(j)ʊəɹəˌsɪstɪsɜː(ɹ)ˈkəʊsɪs/

neurocysticercosis noun: the presence of larval cysts of Taenia solium, the pork tapeworm, in the parenchyma of the brain, often associated with seizures and sometimes fatal.

Noun

neurocysticercosis (usually uncountable, plural neurocysticercoses)

  1. (usually) The presence of larval cysts of Taenia solium, the pork tapeworm, in the parenchyma of the brain, often associated with seizures and sometimes fatal.

Forms of neurocysticercosis

pluralneurocysticercoses

Origin of neurocysticercosis

From neuro- + cysticercosis.

Words formed from neurocysticercosis

Questions about neurocysticercosis

What does neurocysticercosis mean?
Neurocysticercosis means the presence of larval cysts of Taenia solium, the pork tapeworm, in the parenchyma of the brain, often associated with seizures and sometimes fatal.
What part of speech is neurocysticercosis?
Neurocysticercosis is a noun.
How do you pronounce neurocysticercosis?
Neurocysticercosis is pronounced /ˌn(j)ʊəɹəˌsɪstɪsɜː(ɹ)ˈkəʊsɪs/.
What is the plural of neurocysticercosis?
The plural of neurocysticercosis is neurocysticercoses.

Words near neurocysticercosis in the dictionary

  1. neuroculture
  2. neurocutaneous
  3. neurocybernetic
  4. neurocybernetics
  5. neurocysticercoses
  6. neurocysticercosis
  7. neurocysticercotic
  8. neurocystocerciosis
  9. neurocyte
  10. neurocytes
  11. neurocytic

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