scolex

scolex /sco·lex/ (sko´leks) pl. sco´leces, sco´lices   [Gr.] the attachment organ of a tapeworm, generally considered the anterior, or cephalic, end.

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sco·lex (sklks)

n. pl. sco·lex·es or sco·li·ces or sco·le·ces (-l-sz)

The knoblike anterior end of a tapeworm, having suckers or hooklike parts that in the adult stage serve as organs of attachment to the host.

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scolex

pl. scoleces [Gr.] the attachment organ of a tapeworm, generally considered the anterior, or cephalic, end.