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Definition of Hydatid
1. Noun. Cyst filled with liquid; forms as a result of infestation by tapeworm larvae (as in echinococcosis).
Definition of Hydatid
1. n. 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. See these words in the Vocabulary.
Definition of Hydatid
1. Noun. A cyst due to infection by larvae of some species of the tapeworm ''Echinococcus'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hydatid
1. a cyst caused by a tapeworm [n -S]
Medical Definition of Hydatid
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydatid
Literary usage of Hydatid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1910)
"hydatid mole. Distinct proliferation of syncytium. Favorable course. ...
Under ether uterus was emptied of a large hydatid mole without trace of fœtus, ..."
2. The Principles and Practice of Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery by Thomas Wharton Jones (1863)
"In a sixth case, a hydatid was discharged through an incision in the cornea, made
for the purpose of evacuating the aqueous ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1866)
"which a person with a large hydatid tumour of the liver was liable were ...
It was difficult to conceive how chloride of sodium could destroy an hydatid, ..."
4. Medical Review (1902)
"Seventeen months after the first attack of haemoptysis the patient expectorated
hydatid material. From this time hydatids were frequently coughed up, ..."
5. Clinical lectures on diseases of the liver, jaundice and abdominal dropsy by Charles Murchison (1877)
"Care must be taken not to mistake for ascites an enormous hydatid tumour projecting
down from ... When hydatid tumour of the liver co-exists with ascites, ..."
6. A Manual for the Practice of Surgery by Thomas Bryant (1881)
"hydatid TUMORS of the liver, spleen, or other parts of the abdomen are ...
The external feel of a hydatid is somewhat peculiar and characteristic. ..."
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