Medical Definition of Metacestode

1. The larval stages of a tapeworm, including the metamorphosis of the oncosphere to the first evidence of sexuality in the adult worm, differentiation of the scolex, and beginning of proglottid formation; it includes the procercoid and plerocercoid stages of pseudophyllid cestodes, and the cysticercus, cysticercoid, coenurus, and hydatid stages of cyclophyllidean cestodes. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Metacestode

metacarpothenar reflex
metacarpus
metacarpus
metacenter
metacenters
metacentre
metacentric
metacentric
metacentrics
metacentric chromosome
metacentric chromosome
metacercaria
metacercaria
metacercariae
metacercarial
metacestode (current term)
metacetone
metachloral
metachromasia
metachromatic
metachromatic
metachromatic bodies
metachromatic granules
metachromatic leukodystrophy
metachromatic stain
metachromatism
metachroming
metachromophil
metachronism
metachronous

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