noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An infection by the larvae of the canine tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus.
2. 2
   infestation with larval echinococci (tapeworms) wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

echinococcosishydatid disease

Etymology

From hydatid + -osis.