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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Cysticerce \Cys"ti*cerce\ (s?s"t?-s?rs), Cysticercus
\Cys`ti*cer"cus\ (-s?r"k?s), n. [NL. cysticercus, fr. Gr. ????
bladder + ke`rkos tail: cf. F. cysticerque.] (Zool.)
The larval form of a tapeworm, having the head and neck of a
tapeworm attached to a saclike body filled with fluid; --
called also {bladder worm}, {hydatid}, and {measle} (as, pork
measle).
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Note: These larvae live in the tissues of various living
animals, and, when swallowed by a suitable carnivorous
animal, develop into adult tapeworms in the intestine.
See {Measles}, 4, {Tapeworm}.
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