Definition of Hidatid
Hy"da*tid (?), n. [Gr. &?;, &?;, a
watery vesicle under the upper eyelid, fr. "y`dwr,
"y`datos, water: cf. F. hydatide.]
(Zoöl.) A membranous sac or bladder filled with a
pellucid fluid, found in various parts of the bodies of animals, but
unconnected with the tissues. It is usually formed by parasitic
worms, esp. by larval tapeworms, as Echinococcus and Cœnurus.
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Hydatid of Morgagni (Anat.), one of
the small pedunculated bodies found between the testicle and the head
of the epididymis, and supposed to be a remnant of the Müllerian
duct.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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