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Cestode parasite
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tapeworm
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tapeworm \Tape"worm`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of cestode worms belonging to T[ae]nia and many allied genera. The body is long, flat, and composed of numerous segments or proglottids varying in shape, those toward the end of the body being ...
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1705, from tape (n.) + worm (n.); so called for its ribbon-like shape.
Usage examples of tapeworm.
After I had given the doctor a fee of two Louis for his advice, in writing, on a case of tapeworm, he made me walk with him by the Avanches road, and we went as far as the famous mortuary of Morat.
Sedley had taken her into their house, Tapeworm burst into a peal of laughter which shocked the Major, and asked if they had not better send into the prison and take in one or two of the gentlemen in shaved heads and yellow jackets who swept the streets of Pumpernickel, chained in pairs, to board and lodge, and act as tutor to that little scapegrace Georgy.
Garfinkel mentions a case which has been extensively quoted, of a peasant who voided 238 feet of tapeworms, 12 heads being found.
Nuts are free from trichinae, tapeworm and other parasites, as well as the infections due to specific disease.
Hookworms, tapeworms, pinworms, typhoid, cholera, dysentery, diarrhoea, hepatitis, salmonella and dozens of other diseases have been attributed to the house fly.
After I had given the doctor a fee of two Louis for his advice, in writing, on a case of tapeworm, he made me walk with him by the Avanches road, and we went as far as the famous mortuary of Morat.
Sivaraksa had been in an encouraging mood during the meeting, though Naqi couldn't say whether that was because she'd given a good impression or because Sivaraksa had just had his tapeworm swapped for a nice new one.
It had taken almost all Braithwaite's courage to voice the threat, but he was encouraged by a rancor that was eating him like a tapeworm.
Malaria, amoebic dysentery, trichinosis, tapeworm infestations, and sleeping sickness are examples of parasitic diseases.
One dose is said to be effective in destroying both kinds of tapeworms, the taenia solium and bothriocephalus latus.
Even Albert Schweitzer's reverence for life didn't include the tapeworm, the tsetse fly, the cancer cell.
Evidently the tapeworm had not yet learned to program a video special effects unit.
They can carry murine typhus and several types of tapeworms, so it's a great idea to handle dead rodents with gloves and bury the bodies or put them in a sealed plastic bag.
My intestines are on as intimate terms with their tapeworms as they are with my mouth, my asshole, and my other organs.
Strands of alien DNA unfurl themselves in our brains, just as tapeworms unfurl themselves in our guts.