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protoscolices

protoscolices is the plural of protoscolex.

Meaning of protoscolex

Noun

protoscolex (plural protoscoleces or protoscolices)

  1. The juvenile scolex formed from the germinal layer of a hydatid metacestode.

Questions about protoscolices

What is protoscolices the plural of?
Protoscolices is the plural of protoscolex.

Words near protoscolices in the dictionary

  1. protoscientific
  2. protoscientist
  3. protoscientists
  4. protoscoleces
  5. protoscolex
  6. protoscolices
  7. protoscolicidal
  8. protoscripture
  9. protoscriptures
  10. protose
  11. protoselenide

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Adapted from Wiktionary: protoscolices (page history and authors); protoscolex (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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