scolex

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İngilizce - Türkçe
(Tıp) Tenyaların, barsak çeperi içine gömülen baş kısmı
skoleks
bağırsak şeridinin başı
bağlrsak şeridinin baş
(Hayvan Bilim, Zooloji) Bağırsak şeridinin (tenya) baş kısmı
İngilizce - İngilizce
The structure at the rear end of a tapeworm which, in the adult, has suckers and hooks by which it attaches itself to a host

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.

(Hayvan Bilim, Zooloji) (plural: scolices) the anterior end of a tapeworm, bearing suckers and hooks for attachment
One of the Scolecida
of Echinococcus
{i} head of a tapeworm containing the organs used for attachment (such as suckers, hooks, etc.)
The embryo produced directly from the egg in a metagenetic series, especially the larva of a tapeworm or other parasitic worm