Lexic.us

Definition of Genus echinococcus

1. Noun. Tapeworms.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Echinococcus

Literary usage of Genus echinococcus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1838)
"The hydatids belonging to the genus Echinococcus are not very well understood. They are considered by some as mere varieties of the ..."

2. The British and Foreign Medico-chirurgical Review, Or, Quarterly Journal of (1866)
"Dr. Rasmussen confines himself to the genus Echinococcus. It comprised the cysts in which a greater or less number of worms were included in a common 1 ..."

3. The American Cattle Doctor: A Complete Work on All the Diseases of Cattle by George H. Dadd (1910)
"These hydatids on *,he brain of sheep cause the disease called sturdy, or giddiness. The hydatids belonging to the genus echinococcus are considered, ..."

4. The American Veterinary Journal (1858)
"These hydatids on the brain of the sheep cause the disease called sturdy or giddiness. The hydatids belonging to the genus Echinococcus are considered by ..."

5. Hydatid Disease, with Special Reference to Its Prevalence in Australia by John Davies Thomas (1884)
"... a worm which he found in the livers of sheep (ie Echinococcus). Rudolphi recognised three species of his genus Echinococcus, viz., E. hominis, ..."

6. The British and Foreign Medical Review: Or Quarterly Journal of Practical (1844)
"The genus echinococcus is admitted by Rudolphi into the order cystica, 1ess on account of the external globular cyst, which, ..."

7. Human Parasitology: With Notes on Bacteriology, Mycology, Laboratory by Damaso de Rivas (1920)
"This peculiarity, it seems, has led Castellani and Chalmers (Manual of Tropical Medicine, 1910) to place this parasite in a separate genus, Echinococcus. ..."

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