scolex in English

noun
1
the anterior end of a tapeworm, bearing suckers and hooks for attachment.
Posterior to the scolex are segments called proglottids.

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2. Larvae have six posterior hooks on the scolex (head), in contrast to the ten-hooked Cestodaria.

3. Long posterior portions of parental organisms with several stumps may separate from the scolex-carrying anterior portion and become acephalic.

4. 11 The larval stage of certain tapeworms, resembling a cysticercus but having the scolex completely filling the enclosing cyst.

5. Cestoda [ses-to´dah] a subclass of Cestoidea comprising the true tapeworms, which have a head (scolex) and segments (proglottids)

6. 2 Class Cestoda: general description • consist of a rounded head, called a scolex, and long strobila or chain of proglottids (multiple segments) of varying stages of maturity.

7. The body of Cestodes (from the Greek cestos - belt, ribbon) is usually ribbon-like, oblate in the dorsoventral direction, consists of a head (scolex), neck and strobila, divided into segments (proglottids)

8. Cestode [ sĕs ′tōd′ ] Any of various parasitic flatworms of the class Cestoda, having a long flat body that usually has a specialized organ of attachment at one end (the scolex)

9. Medical definition of Cestoda: a class of the phylum Platyhelminthes comprising the tapeworms and including dorsoventrally flattened parasitic usually segmented flatworms without cilia that lack a digestive tract and typically consist of a differentiated scolex and a chain of proglottides each including a set of reproductive organs.