Definition of Taenia

1. Noun. A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband.

Exact synonyms: Fillet, Tenia
Generic synonyms: Headband
Derivative terms: Fillet

2. Noun. Tapeworms parasitic in humans which uses the pig as its intermediate host.
Generic synonyms: Cestode, Tapeworm
Group relationships: Genus Taenia

Definition of Taenia

1. Noun. A ribbon worn in the hair in ancient Greece. ¹

2. Noun. (architecture) A band between the frieze and architrave in the Doric order. ¹

3. Noun. (anatomy) Any ribbon-like band of tissue. ¹

4. Noun. (biology) A tapeworm, and similar worms of the genus ''Taenia''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Taenia

1. a headband worn in ancient Greece [n -NIAE or -NIAS]

Medical Definition of Taenia

1. Origin: L, a ribbon, a tapeworm. 1. A genus of intestinal worms which includes the common tapeworms of man. See Tapeworm. 2. A band; a structural line; applied to several bands and lines of nervous matter in the brain. 3. The fillet, or band, at the bottom of a Doric frieze, separating it from the architrave. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Taenia

tadpoles
tadpolish
tads
tadvance
tae
tae kwon do
taed
taedium
taedium vitae
taediums
taeing
taekwondo
taekwondos
tael
taels
taenia (current term)
taenia saginata
taenia solium
taeniacide
taeniada
taeniae
taenias
taeniases
taeniasis
taeniata
taeniate
taenicide
taenicides
taenidia
taenidium

Literary usage of Taenia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy of the Invertebrata by Carl Th. Ernst Siebold (1874)
"taenia, it is a reservoir, composed of numerous ramified coeca, ... The eggs of taenia have a very different structure ; the envelope is colorless, ..."

2. Anatomy of the Invertebrata by Carl Th. Ernst Siebold (1874)
"taenia, it is a reservoir, composed of numerous ramified ... The eggs of taenia have a very different structure ; the envelope is colorless, ..."

3. The Nomenclature of Diseases by Royal College of Physicians of London (1906)
"Habitat: Solid organs and tissues. , 45. taenia saginata Goeze. ... Synonyms, E. polymor- phus, Hydatid or cystic form of the taenia echino- coccus. ..."

4. Journal of the Society of Arts by Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1866)
"The cycle of the life of the taenia grandis, then, is completed in three animals. The first animal, a man, harbours a taenia, which produces from 6 to 8 ..."

5. Diseases of the Dog and Their Treatment by Georg Alfred Müller, Alexander Glass (1911)
"This taenia is generally about 40 cm. long, although in rare instances it may be 1 m. ... This is the smallest taenia of the dog, most dangerous to man. ..."

6. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Lewellys Franklin Barker, Milton Howard Fussell, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"Comparison of Segments of taenia paginate, taenia sollum. and ... (d) The Fat Tapeworm (taenia saginata) ..."

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