cysticerce Meaning, Definition & Usage

Cys"ti*cerce, Cys`ti*cer"cus noun (Also<
  • Cysticerce
  • Cysticercus
)
Etymology
NL. cysticercus, fr. Gr. bladder + tail: cf. F. cysticerque.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) 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). ✍ 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.

Webster 1913