tapeworm /tape·worm/ (tāp´werm) cestode; a parasitic intestinal worm with a flattened, bandlike form.
Tapeworm
tapeworm
armed tapeworm Taenia solium.
beef tapeworm Taenia saginata.
broad tapeworm Diphyllobothrium latum.
dog tapeworm Dipylidium caninum.
fish tapeworm Diphyllobothrium latum.
hydatid tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus.
pork tapeworm Taenia solium.
unarmed tapeworm Taenia saginata.
tape·worm (t p wûrm )n. Any of various ribbonlike, often very long flatworms of the class Cestoda, that lack an alimentary canal and are intestinal parasites in humans. |
Tapeworm
Flat and very long (up to 30 meters) intestinal parasitic worms, similar to a long piece of tape. Common tapeworms include: T. saginata (beef tapeworm), T. solium (pork tapeworm) D. latum (fish tapeworm), H. Nana (dwarf tapeworm) and E. granulosus (dog tapeworm). General symptoms are vague abdominal discomfort, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and weight loss.
Mentioned in: Antihelminthic Drugs, Echinococcosis
tapeworm
[tāp′wurm]
Etymology: AS, taeppe + wyrm
a parasitic intestinal worm belonging to the class Cestoda and having a scolex and a ribbon-shaped body composed of segments in a chain. Tapeworms live as larvae in one or more vertebrate intermediate hosts and grow to adulthood in the intestine of humans. In the human alimentary canal the worm develops into an adult with an attaching head, or scolex, and numerous hermaphroditic segments, or proglottids, each of which is capable of producing eggs. Kinds of tapeworm include Diphyllobothrium latum, Taenia saginata, and Taenia solium. Also called cestode.
tapeworm
members of the genera Taenia, Diphyllobothrium, Dipylidium and Echinococcus; includes infestation with members of the tapeworm class Eucestoda. Most tapeworm infestations have little apparent effect on the health of farm livestock and are mostly esthetic problems in companion animals.
armed tapeworm
taeniasolium.
beef tapeworm
taeniasaginata.
broad tapeworm
diphyllobothriumlatum.
dog tapeworm
dipylidiumcaninum.
fish tapeworm
diphyllobothriumlatum.
hydatid tapeworm
echinococcusgranulosus.
pork tapeworm
taeniasolium.
unarmed tapeworm
taeniasaginata.
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