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Tapeworm

noun
1.
Ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates.  Synonym: cestode.



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"Tapeworm" Quotes from Famous Books



... of a tapeworm in a small child is sometimes quite surprising. Even the new-born have exhibited signs of teniae, and Haussmann has discussed this subject. Armor speaks of a fully-matured tapeworm being expelled from a child five days old. Kennedy reports cases in which tapeworms have been ...
— Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine • George M. Gould


Words linked to "Tapeworm" :   taenia, flatworm, tapeworm infection, Cestoda, class Cestoda, cestode, echinococcus, platyhelminth


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