scolex
pronunciation
How to pronounce scolex in British English:
UK ['skəʊleks]
How to pronounce scolex in American English:
US ['skoʊleks]
Word Origin
- scolex (n.)
- "embryo stage of a tapeworm," 1852, from Modern Latin scolex (plural scoleces), from Greek skolex "worm," related to skolyptesthai "to twist and turn," from PIE *skel- (3) "crooked" (see scoliosis).