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Infestation by trichina larvae that are transmitted by eating inadequately cooked meat (especially pork)
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trichinosis
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Trichinosis \Trich`i*no"sis\, n. [NL. See Trichina .] (Med.) The disease produced by the presence of trichin[ae] in the muscles and intestinal track. It is marked by fever, muscular pains, and symptoms resembling those of typhoid fever, and is frequently ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. infestation by trichina larvae that are transmitted by eating inadequately cooked meat (especially pork); larvae migrate from the intestinal tract to the muscles where they become encysted [syn: trichiniasis , myositis trichinosa ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"disease caused by trichinae," 1864, coined by Bernhard Rupprecht (1815-1877) by 1864 from trichina (1835), Modern Latin, genus name of the minute, hair-like parasitic worms that cause it, from Greek trikhine , fem. of trikhinos "of or like hair," from ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Trichinosis , trichinellosis or trichiniasis is a parasitic disease caused by roundworms of the genus Trichinella . Infection was once very common, but is now rare in the developed world. The incidence of trichinosis in the U.S. has decreased dramatically ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context pathology English) A disease characterized by headache, chills, fever, and soreness of muscles, caused by the presence of trichinae in the intestines and muscular tissues.
Usage examples of trichinosis.
Nowadays, undercooked ham in any form could give a person trichinosis, which meant a horrible death, eaten alive by the microscopic worms.
It will also cure consumption, pneumonia, diphtheria, smallpox, trichinosis, tape worm, the common cold and almost anything caused by invasion of your bodies by foreign animalcules.
They should not be eaten raw because of the chance of trichinosis, but should be baked or boiled.
More important diseases such as trichinosis, which once was universally rampant when mankind ate uncooked or unprocessed pork, are unthinkable nowadays.
A while later, after the three travelers have found a suitable beach, pigs escaped from a nearby farm foul their camp, and the voice of the narrator intones that not long afterward a number of these pigs were slaughtered and several people were afflicted with trichinosis from eating their flesh.
Nowadays, undercooked ham in any form could give a person trichinosis, which meant a horrible death, eaten alive by the microscopic worms.
Malaria, amoebic dysentery, trichinosis, tapeworm infestations, and sleeping sickness are examples of parasitic diseases.