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What is a cysticercus?

What is a cysticercus? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The larval stage of any of several tapeworms, having a fluid-filled cyst enclosing a scolex.
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They consist of a sac of connective tissue containing the larval tape-worm or cysticercus.
As obtains in cysticercus fasciolaris of the mouse the scolex of Tetr.
A provisional diagnosis of intraventricular cysticercus was made and the patient was put on albendazole and dexamethasone for 8 days.
However, when the animal is not generally infected with cysticercus, the parts not infected may be declared fit for human consumption after having undergone a cold treatment.
This is derived from cysticercus fasciolaris of the mouse and rat.
Another variety of cysticercus is met with in the flesh of the ox, the cow, and the calf.

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