| Cestan, Raymond | <person> French neurologist, 1872-1934. See: Cestan-Chenais syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Cestan-Chenais syndrome | <syndrome> Contralateral hemiplegia, hemianesthesia, and loss of pain and temperature sensibility, with ipsilateral hemiasynergia and lateropulsion, paralysis of the larynx and soft palate, enophthalmia, miosis, and ptosis, due to lesions of the brain stem. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cestoda | A subclass of segmented worms comprising the tapeworms. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Cestodaria | A subclass of the class Cestoidea, containing tapeworms that lack a scolex and are unsegmented (monozoic), in contrast to the typical tapeworms in the subclass Cestoda; larvae of c. (called lycophora) characteristically have 10 hooklets rather than six. Cestodaria are believed to be primitive tapeworms, parasitizing the intestine and celomic cavities of certain fish and a few reptiles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cestode | Common name for tapeworms of the class Cestoidea or its subclasses, Cestoda and Cestodaria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cestode infections | Infections with true tapeworms of the helminth subclass cestoda. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cestodes | <organism> The tapeworms or cestodes, are ribbon-shaped segmented worms which inhabit the intestinal tract of many vertebrates (including humans). most tapeworm infections occur in Africa, Yugoslavia, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Mexico and parts of South America and the U.S.S.R. Some forms may be contracted (in the U.S.) from infected dogs or cats (more common in children) by ingestion of infected fleas. Taenia solium (pork tapeworm) is occasionally encountered in the United States today in immigrants or visitors from endemic areas. Taenia saginata (beef tapeworm) is seen more often, especially in those who consume raw beef. Some tapeworms have been known to live up to 20 years and exceed 10 metres in length. Often asymptomatic infestations, but unexplained weight loss, symptoms of pernicious anaemia and the presence of white eggs or ribbon-like segments of worm in stools can be seen in some. (21 Mar 1998) |
| cestodiasis | Disease caused by infection with a cestode. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Cestoidea | The tapeworms, a class of platyhelminth flatworms characterised by lack of an alimentary canal and, in typical forms (subclass Cestoda), by a segmented body with a scolex or holdfast organ at one end; adult worms are vertebrate parasites, usually found in the small intestine. Origin: G. Kestos, girdle, + eidos, form (05 Mar 2000) |