[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cysticerce \cys"ticerce\ s?s"t?-s?rs, cysticercus
\cys`ticer"cus\ -s?r"k?s, n. nl. cysticercus, fr. gr. ????
   bladder + ke`rkos tail: cf. f. cysticerque. zool.
   the larval form of a tapeworm, having the head and neck of a
   tapeworm attached to a saclike body filled with fluid; --
   called also bladder worm, hydatid, and measle as, pork
   measle.
   1913 webster

   note: these larvae live in the tissues of various living
         animals, and, when swallowed by a suitable carnivorous
         animal, develop into adult tapeworms in the intestine.
         see measles, 4, tapeworm.
         1913 webster
see also:
bladder worm hydatid measle measles tapeworm 

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