Cysticercus: , pl. cysticerci The larval form of certain Taenia species, typically found in muscles of mammalian intermediate hosts that serve as a prey of various predators; it consists of a fluid-filled bladder in which the invaginated cestode scolex develops.Taenia saginata, Taenia solium. [G. kystis, bladder, + kerkos, tail]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Cysticercus: The larval form of various tapeworms of the genus Taenia.
Source: MeSH 2007
The following list attempts to classify Cysticercus into categories where each line is subset of the next.
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