hydatid
noun
hy·da·tid
| \ ˈhī-də-təd
, -ˌtid\
, -ˌtid\
Definition of hydatid
: the larval cyst of a tapeworm (genus Echinococcus) occurring as a fluid-filled sac containing daughter cysts in which scolices develop
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hydatid
noun
hy·da·tid
| \ ˈhīd-ə-təd, -ˌtid
\
\
Medical Definition of hydatid
1
: the larval cyst of a tapeworm of the genus Echinococcus that usually occurs as a fluid-filled sac containing daughter cysts in which scolices develop but that occasionally forms a proliferating spongy mass which actively metastasizes in the host's tissues
— called also hydatid cyst
— see echinococcus sense 1
b
: hydatid disease