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Tapeworm
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taenia
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband [syn: tenia , fillet ] tapeworms parasitic in humans which uses the pig as its intermediate host [also: taeniae (pl)]
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Taenia (Latin for "flat band") can refer to: Taenia (costume) , a ribbon worn in the hair in ancient Greece Taenia (architecture) of Doric columns In medicine and anatomy Taenia coli of the large intestine Taenia thalami of the mammal brain Taenia of fourth ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Taenia \T[ae]"ni*a\, n.; pl. T[ae]ni[ae] . [L., a ribbon, a tapeworm.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of intestinal worms which includes the common tapeworms of man. See Tapeworm . (Anat.) A band; a structural line; -- applied to several bands and lines of nervous ...
Usage examples of taenia.
But this is almost certainly the disease cysticercosis, caused by the larva of Taenia solium.
One dose is said to be effective in destroying both kinds of tapeworms, the taenia solium and bothriocephalus latus.