Taenia
[te´ne-ah] Taenia sagina´ta a species 4 to 8 meters long, found in the adult form in the human intestine and in the larval state in muscles and other tissues of cattle and other ruminants; human infection usually results from eating inadequately cooked beef.
Taenia so´lium a species 2 to 4 meters long, found in the adult intestine of humans; the larval form most often is found in muscle and other tissues of the pig. Human infection results from eating inadequately cooked pork.
taenia
[te´ne-ah] 1. a flat band or strip of soft tissue; used in anatomic nomenclature to designate various structures.
2. a tapeworm of the genus
Taenia. Defs. 1 and 2 called also
tenia.
taenia co´li any of the three thickened bands
(tae´nia li´bera, tae´nia mesoco´lica, and tae´nia omenta´lis) formed by longitudinal fibers in the
tunica muscularis of the large intestine, extending from the root of the vermiform appendix to the rectum.
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Taenia
(tē'nē-ă), A genus of cestodes that formerly included most tapeworms but is now restricted to those species infecting carnivores with cysticerci found in tissues of various herbivores, rodents, and other animals of prey.
See also:
tapeworm.
[see taenia]
tae·ni·a
(tē'nē-ă), 1. A coiled bandlike anatomic structure.
2. Common name for a tapeworm, especially of the genus
Taenia. Synonym(s):
tenia (2)
[L., fr. G. tainia, band, tape, a tapeworm]
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taenia
also tenia
(tē′nē-ə)n. pl. tae·niae (-nē-ē′) or
tae·nias 1. Anatomy A ribbonlike band of tissue or muscle.
2. Any of various tapeworms of the genus Taenia, some of which infect humans.
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Taenia
Latin, taenia, ribbon, tape Parasitology A genus of large segmented, with each segment or proglottid capable of producing eggs tapeworms–cestodes-that parasitize mammalian GI tracts Epidemiology Infestation is linked to consumption of raw pork–T solium or beef–T saginata; eggs are dispersed by individual or groups of proglottids, which detach and pass out with the stool. See Taenia solium. McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Tae·ni·a
(tē'nē-ă) A genus of cestodes that formerly included most of the tapeworms, but is now restricted to those species infecting carnivores with cysticerci found in tissues of various herbivores, rodents, and other animals of prey.
See also:
tapeworm Compare:
tenia (1)
tae·ni·a
(tē'nē-ă) 1. A coiled, bandlike anatomic structure.
See also:
tenia (1)
2. Common name for a tapeworm, especially of the genus
Taenia. Synonym(s):
tenia (2) .
[L., fr. G. tainia, band, tape, a tapeworm]
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