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(n.) A larval entozoon in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man and the lower animals; - so called from the absence of a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different origin.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Acephalocyst'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/acephalocyst.html. 1828.
 
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