Etymology

acephalocyst

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Today it means: 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. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἀκέφαλος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀκέφαλος“headless”
  2. English todayacephalocyst

From Ancient Greek ἀκέφαλος (aképhalos, “headless”) + κύστις (kústis, “bladder”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἀκέφαλος all →

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