Definition of Acephalocist
A*ceph"a*lo*cyst (&?;), n. [Gr.
'ake`falos without a head + ky`stis bladder.]
(Zoöl.) A larval entozoön in the form of a
subglobular or oval vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found
in the tissues of man and the lower animals; -- so called from the absence
of a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature
stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different
origin.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (Zoölogy): A larval entozoön in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man and the lower animals; -- so called from the absence of a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different origin.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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