n. 1. A cyst formed as a result of infestation by larvae of an echinococcus tapeworm. 2. The encysted larva of such a tapeworm. [Greek hudatis, hudatid-, watery vesicle, from hudōr, hudat-, water; see wed-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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