Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
trichinosis .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Trichinosis.
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- noun medicine
trichinosis
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun infestation by trichina larvae that are transmitted by eating inadequately cooked meat (especially pork); larvae migrate from the intestinal tract to the muscles where they become encysted
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Examples
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I have recently met with a case of _trichiniasis_ in the human subject.
The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock Charles Alexander Cameron 1875
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