- genus Taenia
- nountype genus of the family Taeniidae: tapeworms• Hypernyms: ↑worm genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Taeniidae, ↑family Taeniidae• Member Meronyms: ↑taenia
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
genus Taenia
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taenia — [tē′nē ə] n. pl. taeniae [tē′nēē΄] [L < Gr tainia, ribbon, tape, akin to teinein, to stretch: see THIN] 1. an ancient Greek headband or fillet 2. Anat. a ribbonlike part or structure, as of muscle or nerve tissue 3. Archit. a band between the… … English World dictionary
Taenia (tapeworm) — This article is about a genus of tapeworm. For other uses, see Taenia (architecture)Taxobox name = Taenia image width = 200px image caption = Scolex of Taenia solium regnum = Animalia phylum = Platyhelminthes classis = Cestoda ordo =… … Wikipedia
Taenia crassiceps — Taxobox name = Taenia crassiceps regnum = Animalia phylum = Platyhelminthes classis = Cestoda ordo = Cyclophyllidea familia = Taeniidae genus = Taenia species = T. crassiceps binomial = Taenia crassiceps binomial authority = (Zeder, 1800) Taenia… … Wikipedia
Taenia pisiformis — Taxobox name = Taenia pisiformis regnum = Animalia phylum = Platyhelminthes classis = Cestoda ordo = Cyclophyllidea familia = Taeniidae genus = Taenia subdivision ranks = Species subdivision = Species Taenia pisiformis Taenia pisiformis is a… … Wikipedia
taenia — /tee nee euh/, n., pl. taeniae / nee ee /. 1. Class. Antiq. a headband or fillet. 2. Archit. (on a Doric entablature) a fillet or band separating the frieze from the architrave. 3. Anat. a ribbonlike structure, as certain bands of white nerve… … Universalium
taenia — n. (US tenia) (pl. taeniae or taenias) 1 Archit. a fillet between a Doric architrave and frieze. 2 Anat. any flat ribbon like structure, esp. the muscles of the colon. 3 any large tapeworm of the genus Taenia, esp. T. saginata and T. soleum,… … Useful english dictionary
TAENIA — fascia seu vinculum est. Caecilius apud Festum. Dum taeniam, qui vulnus vinciret, petit. Et quidem τὸ τῶ μαςῶν γυναικείων ζῶσμα, uberum muliebrium cinctus, Pollux, l. 7. c. 13. sed τὸ ὰφετον τῆς κόμης συνδέουσα, vitta quâ crines ligabantur,… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Taenia — T[ae] ni*a, n.; pl. {T[ae]ni[ae]}. [L., a ribbon, a tapeworm.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A genus of intestinal worms which includes the common tapeworms of man. See {Tapeworm}. [1913 Webster] 2. (Anat.) A band; a structural line; applied to several bands and … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Taenia — In medicine, taenia is a genus (group) of large tapeworms some of which are parasitic in humans. In anatomy, taenia refers to a band or a structural line and applies to several bands and lines of nervous matter in the brain. In Latin, taenia… … Medical dictionary
Taenia — n. a genus of large tapeworms, some of which are parasites of the human intestine. The 4–10 m long beef tapeworm, T. saginata, is the commonest tapeworm parasite of humans. Its larval stage (see cysticercus) develops within the muscles of cattle… … The new mediacal dictionary
