hydatid
IPA: hˈaɪdeɪdʌt
noun
- A cyst due to infection by larvae of some species of the tapeworm Echinococcus.
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Examples of "hydatid" in Sentences
- Knobel said a large hydatid liver cyst was detected in
- It was common for people to have several hydatid cysts.
- These cysts can be confused with hydatid cysts (see below).
- A recent CAT scan of the liver confirms the large hydatid cyst
- The resulting infection in man is known as hydatid disease and is very hard to treat.
- In searching, he had recalled another, rarer case: one of a hydatid cyst in the subcutaneous tissue of the thigh.
- Harold Dew, later long-time Professor of Surgery at the University of Sydney, collaborated in the study of hydatid disease.
- Hamilton Fairley, already a man of standing in tropical medicine, was available and worked with Kellaway for two years on hydatid disease and snake venoms.
- It is important where hydatid cysts are found in the domestic animals that dogs are kept away from carcasses and that household dogs are regularly treated with praziquantel.
- She has been extensively examined, and we have found that she suffered from a range of diseases including sand pneumoconiosis, a hydatid cyst in the lung, strongyloides and schistosomiasis (both parasitic diseases), and arthritis.
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