pseudoscolex

pseudoscolex
n. [Gr. pseudos, false; skolex, worm]
(PLATYHELMINTHES: Cestoda)
Distortion of the anterior proglottids into a holdfast where the true scolex is lost in early development; the deutoscolex.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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  • pseudoscolex — pseu·do·sco·lex skō .leks n, pl sco·li·ces lə .sēz an altered group of anterior segments that in some tapeworms replaces the scolex and serves as a holdfast …   Medical dictionary

  • pseudoscolex — pseu·do·scolex …   English syllables

  • pseudoscolex — |sü(ˌ)dō+ noun Etymology: New Latin, from pseud + scolex : an altered group of anterior segments that in some tapeworms replaces the scolex and serves as a holdfast …   Useful english dictionary

  • deutoscolex — see pseudoscolex proscolex …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

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