onchosphere

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the newly hatched larva of a tapeworm which subsequently develops into a CYSTICERCUS.

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Procercoid The first larval stage of pseudophyllidian tapeworms which develops from the onchosphere.

duodenum to relesase onchospheres that penetrate the mucosa in the small intestine and enter the portal circulation.

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