Useful english dictionary. 2012.
beef tapeworm — Tapeworm Tape worm , n. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of cestode worms belonging to T[ae]nia and many allied genera. The body is long, flat, and composed of numerous segments or proglottids varying in shape, those toward the end of the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Beef tapeworm — Taenia saginata, the most common of the big tapeworms that parasitizes people, contracted from infected raw or rare beef. Can grow to be 12 25 feet (3.6 7.5 m) long in the human intestine. Also known as the African tapeworm. * * * beef tapeworm n … Medical dictionary
Beef tapeworm — Taxobox name = Taenia saginata regnum = Animalia image width = 250px phylum = Platyhelminthes classis = Cestoda ordo = Cyclophyllidea familia = Taeniidae genus = Taenia species = T. saginata binomial = Taenia saginata binomial authority = Goeze,… … Wikipedia
Tapeworm infection — Tapeworm infestation Classification and external resources ICD 10 B67 B71 ICD 9 … Wikipedia
Tapeworm — Tape worm , n. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of cestode worms belonging to T[ae]nia and many allied genera. The body is long, flat, and composed of numerous segments or proglottids varying in shape, those toward the end of the body being … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
beef measles — n pl but sing or pl in constr the infestation of beef muscle by cysticerci of the beef tapeworm which make oval white vesicles giving a measly appearance to beef * * * cysticercosis in cattle … Medical dictionary
tapeworm — /tayp werrm /, n. any of various flat or tapelike worms of the class Cestoidea, lacking an alimentary canal, and parasitic when adult in the alimentary canal of humans and other vertebrates: the larval and adult stages are usually in different… … Universalium
tapeworm — An intestinal parasitic worm, adults of which are found in the intestine of vertebrates; the term is commonly restricted to members of the class Cestoidea. Tapeworms consist of a scolex, variously equipped with spined or sucking structures by… … Medical dictionary
beef measles — noun plural but singular or plural in construction : the infestation of beef muscle by cysticerci of the beef tapeworm which make oval white vesicles giving a measly appearance to beef … Useful english dictionary
broad tapeworm — Tapeworm Tape worm , n. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of cestode worms belonging to T[ae]nia and many allied genera. The body is long, flat, and composed of numerous segments or proglottids varying in shape, those toward the end of the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
