different between tapeworm vs scolex

English

Etymology

tape +? worm.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: t?p?wûrm', IPA^(key): /?te?p?w?m/
• Hyphenation: tape?worm

Noun

tapeworm (countable and uncountable, plural tapeworms)

1. (countable) Any parasitical worm of the class or infraclass Cestoda, which infest the intestines of animals, including humans, often infecting different host species during their life cycle.
   1. (countable) A broad fish tapeworm, Diphyllobothrium latum.
2. (uncountable) Infection by tapeworms.

Synonyms

• (any species of class Cestoda): cestode

Derived terms

• armed tapeworm
• beef tapeworm
• dwarf tapeworm
• pork tapeworm
• rabbit tapeworm
• red tapeworm

Translations

See also

• bladderworm
• measly
• proglottid
• scolex
• taenia
• taeniasis
• cysticercosis

Further reading

• tapeworm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• mop water, mopwater, pomwater

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ?????? (sk?l?x, “worm”).

Noun

scolex (plural scolices or scoleces or scolexes)

1. (zoology) The structure at the front end of a tapeworm which, in the adult, has suckers and hooks by which it attaches itself to a host.
   • 1859 Robert Bentley Todd - The Cyclopædia of Anatomy and Physiology

     The head, with the circle of hooklets and the four suckers, is then formed at the anterior part of the embryo, constituting now the scolex of Van Beneden.

Romanian

Etymology

From French scolex.

Noun

scolex n (plural scolexuri)

1. scolex

Declension