Acephalocyst

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Acephalocyst \A*ceph"a*lo*cyst\, n. [Gr. 'ake`falos without a
     head + ky`stis bladder.] (Zool.)
     A larval entozo["o]n in the form of a subglobular or oval
     vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in
     the tissues of man and the lower animals; -- so called from
     the absence of a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These


     cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also
     applied to similar cysts of different origin.
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