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Intestinal parasite
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trichina
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Trichina \Tri*chi"na\ (-n[.a]), n.; pl. Trichin[ae] . [NL., fr. Gr. ? hairy, made of hair, fr. tri`x, tricho`s, hair.] (Zo["o]l.) A small, slender nematoid worm ( Trichina spiralis ) which, in the larval state, is parasitic, often in immense numbers, in ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. parasitic nematode occurring in the intestines of pigs and rats and human beings and producing larvae that form cysts in skeletal muscles [syn: Trichinella spiralis ] [also: trichinae (pl)]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of several parasitic roundworms, of the genus (taxlink Trichinella genus noshow=1), that infects the intestines and causes trichinosis
Usage examples of trichina.
Like a foul trichina, like an atom of plague infecting whole countries, so I infected that whole happy and previously sinless earth with myself.
They should be well fried, in order to destroy the little living parasites, called Trichinae which sometimes infest this kind of meat.
Twelve trichinae have been found in a section of human muscle only one-twelfth of an inch square and one-fifth of an inch in thickness.
The early symptoms of trichinae are very uncertain, being the same as those of some other disease.
When the trichinae pass into the muscles, they occasion great suffering.
Nearly every case of trichinae, which has been brought to the notice of the profession, has been attributed to the eating of raw or improperly cooked pork.
Nuts are free from trichinae, tapeworm and other parasites, as well as the infections due to specific disease.
Some of these cases were doubtless instances of echinococcus, trichinae, or the result of rectovesical fistula, but Riverius mentions an instance in which, after drinking water containing worms, a person passed worms in the urine.