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bladder worm

bladder worm

9.9
A soft sac in an animal that is filled with fluid and contains a young tapeworm
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : gusano de la vejiga
  • The life cycle of a tapeworm includes a stage where it exists as a bladder worm in an intermediate host.

Examples

  • The veterinarian explained that the cyst in the cow’s muscle was caused by a bladder worm.

  • Humans can become infected with bladder worms by ingesting undercooked pork containing the larvae.

  • The bladder worm is often found in fish.

  • Some bladder worms can infect humans.

  • The veterinarian explained that the cyst in the cow's muscle was caused by a bladder worm.

  • Humans can become infected with bladder worms by ingesting undercooked pork containing the larvae.

  • The life cycle of a tapeworm includes a stage where it exists as a bladder worm in an intermediate host.

Synonyms

cysticercus
vsbladder worm
  • Specialized
9.9

A small fluid-filled young tapeworm that lives in the meat of pigs

specifies that it forms an encysted sac in intermediate hosts

Surface Forms

bladder worm singular
bladder worms plural

Morphology

bladder + worm

The compound is compositionally built from 'bladder' + 'worm' and a learner who knows those words would likely infer it denotes a worm associated with a bladder-like sac (i.e., a saclike or encysted form). However, the precise technical sense as an encysted larval stage is specialized medical/biological vocabulary and not fully predictable from everyday knowledge of the constituents, so it should be classed as partially transparent.

Etymology

Bladder worm gets its name from the way a young worm lives inside a small, round bladder-like sac in an animal's body. That's why the term refers to the 'cyst' or 'larva' stage of some tapeworms.