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plural hydatids
A cyst due to infection by larvae of some species of the tapeworm Echinococcus. quotations examples
Your sacred Majesty, he has the dropsy;—We shall find pints of hydatids in’s liver,He has not half an inch of wholesome fatUpon his carious ribs—
1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts