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cysticercosis

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cysticercosis [¦sis·tə·sər′kō·səs]
(medicine)
The infestation in humans by cysticerci of the genusTaenia.


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Cysticercosis has emerged as a cause of severe neurologic disease in the United States.
Doctors determined he had a condition known as cysticercosis, which can be caused by eating undercooked meat.
Cysticercosis is a disease caused by eating the eggs or larvae of the pork tapeworm (Taenia solium).
 
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