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A worm latches on to the inside of the intestine with its scolex, which is not a mouth but a gripping tool, and absorbs nutrients through the segments of its body.

A closer look revealed it was a “little, itty bitty worm,” or a scolex — the end of a tapeworm with suckers that attach itself to the body, Bruneau said.

Scolē′coid, like a scolex; Scolēcoph′agous, worm-eating, as a bird.—n.

When meat, improperly cooked and containing "measles," is eaten, the cyst is dissolved in the human stomach and the free scolex or head attaches itself to the intestinal mucous membrane and grows into a tapeworm.

Each contains a scolex or tape-worm.