acephalocyst

[医] 无头囊

发音

US /ɑˈsɛfəloʊsɪst/
US /əˈsɛfəloʊsɪst/

词形变化

acephalocysts 复数 acephalocysts

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A larval entozoön in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man and the lower animals; -- so called from the absence of a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different origin.

    生物 动物学

词源

From Ancient Greek ἀκέφαλος (aképhalos, “headless”) + κύστις (kústis, “bladder”).

来源：wiktionary