1) Infestation 2) Myositis 3) Myositis trichinosa 4) Trichinosis 1) Trichinosis 
• (n.) Trichinosis.
Type: Term Pronunciation: trik′i-nī′ă-sis Synonyms: trichinosis
Trichiniasis (trichinosis) is a fatal disease characterised by nausea, fever, diarrhoea, and swelling of the muscles. It is caught from eating under cooked pork containing a minute worm named Trichina spiralis. The worms were discovered by Professor Owen in cysts in human muscle in 1832.
trichinosis, trichiniasis 1. An intestinal and tissue infection of humans and other mammals caused by the nematode Trichinella spiralis. Infection occurs through the consumption of infected meat (usually domestic pork) that carries the encysted larvae of T. Spiralis. Common symptoms include: diarrhoea, muscle pains, fever, dehydration and swelling...