• Ill health due to taenia, or tapeworms.
Presence of a tapeworm in the intestine. ... Somatic teniasis, invasion of the body by the cysticercus of a tenioid worm. ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
(te-ni´ә-sis) infection with tapeworms of the genus Taenia.
Type: Term Pronunciation: tē-nī′ă-sis Definitions: 1. Presence of a tapeworm in the intestine.
taeniasis, teniasis The disease caused by infestation of the gukt of carnivorous mammals with tapeworms of the genus Taenia, including the beef tapeworm of man, Taenia saginata and the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium.teniasis Presence of a tapeworm in the intestine.