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Tapeworm vs Hydatid - What's the difference?

tapeworm | hydatid |

As nouns the difference between tapeworm and hydatid

is that tapeworm is (countable) any parasitical worm of the class cestoda, which infest the intestines of animals, including humans, often infecting different host species during their life cycle while hydatid is a cyst due to infection by larvae of some species of the tapeworm.

tapeworm

English

(wikipedia)

Noun

  • (countable) Any parasitical worm of the class Cestoda, which infest the intestines of animals, including humans, often infecting different host species during their life cycle.
  • (countable) A (broad fish tapeworm), .
  • (uncountable) Infestation by tapeworms.
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    • Synonyms

    * (any species of class Cestoda) cestode

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    hydatid

    English

    (wikipedia hydatid)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cyst due to infection by larvae of some species of the tapeworm .