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CIDE DICTIONARY
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acephalocyst

CIDE DICTIONARY

acephalocystn. [Gr. 'ake`falos without a head + ky`stis bladder.].
     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.  [1913 Webster]

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