teniasis
[te-ni´ah-sis] infection with tapeworms of the genus Taenia.
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te·ni·a·sis
(tē-nī'ă-sis), Presence of a tapeworm in the intestine.
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teniasis
Tapeworm infection Parasitology Tapeworm infection acquired by eating raw or undercooked beef–Taenia saginata or pork–T solium; larvae from infected meat develop in the human intestine into the adult tapeworm, attaining lengths up to 4 m; each segment/proglottid can produce eggs, which are dispersed by proglottids as they detach and pass with the stool; T saginata proglottids are motile and actively exit via the anus; in absence of appropriate hygiene, Pts may become self-infected by ingesting eggs from their own tapeworms, which they pick up as they pick on their hindend; eggs hatch in the GI tract, larvae migrate through tissue and encyst; CNS larvae–cysticercosis–cause seizures, neurologic defects. See Diphyllobothrium latum. McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
te·ni·a·sis
(tē-nī'ă-sis) Presence of a tapeworm in the intestine.
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