Taenia
noun, plural taeniae
[tee-nee-ee] /ˈti niˌi/ (Show IPA)
1.
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
2.
Architecture. (on a Doric entablature) a fillet or band separating the frieze from the architrave.
3.
Anatomy. a ribbonlike structure, as certain bands of white nerve fibers in the brain.
4.
any tapeworm of the genus Taenia, parasitic in humans and other mammals.
noun (pl) -niae (-nɪˌiː)
1.
(in ancient Greece) a narrow fillet or headband for the hair
2.
(architect) the fillet between the architrave and frieze of a Doric entablature
3.
(anatomy) any bandlike structure or part
4.
any tapeworm of the genus Taenia, such as T. soleum, a parasite of man that uses the pig as its intermediate host
taenia tae·ni·a or te·ni·a (tē’nē-ə)
n. pl tae·ni·as or tae·ni·ae (-nē-ē’)
A ribbonlike band of tissue or muscle.
A flatworm of the genus Taenia, which includes many tapeworms. Not in technical use.
Taenia Tae·ni·a (tē’nē-ə)
n.
A genus of cestodes that formerly included most of the tapeworms but is now restricted to those species infecting carnivores with a cysticercus.
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- Taenia saginata
Taenia saginata Taenia sag·i·na·ta (sāj’ə-nā’tə) n. A tapeworm that is parasitic in humans and is acquired by eating infected beef that is insufficiently cooked.
- Taeniasis
noun, Pathology. 1. infestation with tapeworms. noun 1. (pathol) infestation with tapeworms of the genus Taenia taeniasis tae·ni·a·sis or te·ni·a·sis (tē-nī’ə-sĭs) n. Infestation with tapeworms.
- Taenia solium
Taenia solium Taenia so·li·um (sō’lē-əm) n. A tapeworm that is parasitic in humans and is acquired by eating infected pork that is insufficiently cooked.
- Taenioid
taenioid tae·ni·oid (tē’nē-oid’) adj. Of or relating to cestodes of the genus Taenia.