cysticercosis

English

Etymology

From cysticercus +‎ -osis. Also refer to -sis.

Noun

cysticercosis (countable and uncountable, plural cysticercoses)

1. (medicine) A parasitic infestation of the voluntary muscles, lungs, central nervous system and other organs, caused by the ingestion of eggs of the tapeworm Taenia solium.

   Synonyms: porcine measles, sheep measles

   Hypernym: taeniasis

Derived terms

• cysticercal
• cysticercotic
• neurocysticercosis

Translations

parasitic infestation

Chinese: Mandarin: 囊蟲病 / 囊虫病 (zh) (nángchóngbìng), 囊尾蚴病 (zh) (nángwěiyòubìng) Finnish: systiserkoosi Galician: cisticercose (gl) f Italian: cisticercosi Polish: wągrzyca f Portuguese: cisticercose f Spanish: cisticercosis f

Further reading

• cysticercosis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia