scolex
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek σκώληξ (skṓlēx, “worm”).
Noun edit
scolex (plural scolices or scoleces or scolexes)
- (zoology) The structure at the front end of a tapeworm which, in the adult, has suckers and hooks by which it attaches itself to a host.
- 1859, Robert Bentley Todd, The Cyclopædia of Anatomy and Physiology:
- The head, with the circle of hooklets and the four suckers, is then formed at the anterior part of the embryo, constituting now the scolex of Van Beneden.
Translations edit
hooked structure at the front end of a tapeworm
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
scolex n (plural scolexuri)
Declension edit
Declension of scolex
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) scolex | scolexul | (niște) scolexuri | scolexurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) scolex | scolexului | (unor) scolexuri | scolexurilor |
vocative | scolexule | scolexurilor |