hydatid disease
hydatid disease (hydatidosis, echinococciasis, echinococcosis) n. a condition resulting from the presence in the liver, lungs, or brain of hydatid cysts. Alveolar hydatids form malignant tumours; unilocular hydatids exert pressure as they grow and thereby damage surrounding tissues.
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