acephalocyst

📖 中文释义

  1. [医] 无头囊
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
  1. n. A larval entozoon in the form of a subglobular or
  2. oval vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the
  3. tissues of man and the lower animals; -- so called from the absence of
  4. a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature
  5. stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different
  6. origin.