Look up: tapeworm

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   Tapeworm
   A long, flat, white parasite that inhabits the intestinal tract and causes illness; this infection can spread to humans.
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   tapeworm
   [n] - ribbon-like flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates
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   Tapeworm
   a parasitic worm that lives in the intestines; causes diarrhoea and abdominal discomfort
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   Tapeworm
   Tapeworm:A worm that is flattened like a tape measure and functions as an intestinal parasite, unable to live freely on its own but able to do so within an animal's gut. The eggs usually enter the body via raw or uncooked beef. Symptoms of their presence are usually absent. However, some patients experience abdominal pain, fatigue, weight loss, and ...
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   tapeworm
   a flatworm that is an endoparasite and belongs to the class Cestoda Category: Medicine
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   Tapeworm
   Tape'worm` noun (Zoology) Any one of numerous species of cestode worms belonging to Tænia 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 much larger and longer than the anterior ones, and containing the fully developed sexual organs. The head is small, destitute of a mouth, but furnished with ...
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   tapeworm
   The tapeworms or cestodes, are ribbon-shaped segmented worms which inhabit the intestinal tract of many vertebrates (including humans). most tapeworm infections occur in Africa, Yugoslavia, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Mexico and parts of South America and the U.S.S.R. Some forms may be contracted (in the U.S.) from infected dogs or cats (more ...
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   tapeworm
   cestode noun ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates
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   tapeworm
   (tāp´wәrm) any parasitic worm of the subclass Cestoda; these worms have a flattened bandlike form and numerous species can lodge in the intestines of many animals including human beings. They are transmitted to humans in larval form embedded in cysts, especially in meat or fish that is not properly cooked. In...
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    Tapeworm
    • (n.) Any one of numerous species of cestode worms belonging to Taenia 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 much larger and longer than the anterior ones, and containing the fully developed sexual organs. The head is small, des...
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    tapeworm
    any member of the invertebrate class Cestoda (phylum Platyhelminthes), a group of parasitic flatworms containing about 3,000 species. Tapeworms, ... [6 related articles]
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    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 which the worm is attached to the intestinal wall of the host, and strobila having several to many proglott...
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    tapeworm
    A member of a group of intestinal parasites, so named because they are long and flat, forming the class Cestoda of the flatworm phylum Platyhelminthes. A scolex, or head, only 1.5–2 mm (about 0.06 in) in diameter, is attached to the gut and behind this the body consists of a ribbon of identica...
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    tapeworm
    tapeworm, name for the parasitic flatworms forming the class Cestoda. All tapeworms spend the adult phase of their lives as parasites in the gut of a vertebrate animal (called the primary host). Most tapeworms spend part of their life cycle in the tissues of one or more other animals (called interme...
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