Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The embryo of the tapeworm while it is in the spherical or subspherical stage, inclosed in a thick membrane, the embryophore, and armed with six hooks: same as
hexacanth embryo .
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- noun An
embryonic form of atapeworm , enclosed in a spherical membrane armed with six hooks
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Examples
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The adults have virtually no sensory organs and the oncosphere has only cilia with which to detect its environment.
Platyhelminthes 2007
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Lightowlers MW, Gauci CG, Chow C, Drew DR, Gauci SM, et al. (2003) Molecular and genetic characterisation of the host-protective oncosphere antigens of taeniid cestode parasites.
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Lightowlers MW, Gauci CG, Chow C, Drew DR, Gauci SM, et al. (2003) Molecular and genetic characterisation of the host-protective oncosphere antigens of taeniid cestode parasites.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Karen Luisa Haag et al. 2009
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Echinococcus granulosus from Xinjiang, PR China: cDNAs encoding the EG95 vaccine antigen are expressed in different life cycle stages and are conserved in the oncosphere.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Karen Luisa Haag et al. 2009
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: oncosphere-specific transcription of genes encoding a host-protective antigen.
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: oncosphere-specific transcription of genes encoding a host-protective antigen.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Karen Luisa Haag et al. 2009
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