What is "hydatid"

Cysticerce \Cys"ti*cerce\ (s?s"t?-s?rs), Cysticercus \Cys`ti*cer"cus\ (-s?r"k?s), n. [NL. cysticercus, fr. Gr. ???? bladder + ke`rkos tail: cf. F. cysticerque.] (Zo["o]l.) 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).

Note: 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.

n. A cyst due to infection by larvae of some species of the tapeworm (taxlink Echinococcus genus noshow=1).

n. cyst filled with liquid; forms as a result of infestation by tapeworm larvae (as in echinococcosis)

Hydatid may refer to:

• Echinococcosis
• Echinococcus granulosus, known as the hydatid tapeworm
• Hydatid of Morgagni
• Hydatidiform mole or hydatid mole