Definition of Proglottids. Meaning of Proglottids. Synonyms of Proglottids

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Definition of Proglottids

Proglottid
Proglottid Pro*glot"tid, n. (Zo["o]l) Proglottis.

Meaning of Proglottids from wikipedia

- host's gut. The neck continually produces proglottids, each one containing a reproductive tract; mature proglottids are full of eggs, and fall off to leave...
- the gravid proglottids are either p****ed out through faecal matter, or actively crawl out of the **** of the host. The gravid proglottids once out of...
- of the continuously maturing proglottid chain, there are proglottids with mature male reproductive organs, then proglottids with mature female reproductive...
- 000 proglottids long with each gravid proglottid containing 100,000 eggs, while T. solium contains about 1,000 proglottids with each gravid proglottid containing...
- the oldest gravid proglottids detach. Unlike in other Taenia, gravid proglottids are shed individually. In some cases, the proglottid ruptures inside the...
- produces a chain of segments called proglottids via a process known as strobilation. As a result, the most mature proglottids are furthest from the scolex....
- the three distinct proglottids are immature proglottids towards the neck, mature proglottids in the middle, and gravid proglottids at the posterior end...
- species such as D. latum, with more than 3,000 proglottids. One or several of the tape-like proglottid segments (hence the name tapeworm) regularly detach...
- as many as 45,000 proglottids (segments). The scolex (head) of the tapeworm is attached to the lining of the gut and the proglottids continuously develop...
- multiple proglottid "segments", and all have four suckers on their scolices (heads), though some may have other structures, as well. Proglottids of this...