Definition of Tenia

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

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

Definition of Tenia

1. n. See Tænia.

Definition of Tenia

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of taenia) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tenia

1. a tapeworm [n -NIAE or -NIAS] - See also: tapeworm

Medical Definition of Tenia

1. 1. Any anatomical bandlike structure. Synonym: taenia. Origin: L. Fr. G. Tainia, band, tape, a tapeworm (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tenia

tenerity
tenes
tenesmic
tenesmuses
tenet
tenets
tenfold
tenfoldness
tenfolds
tengchongite
tenge
tenges
tengu
tengus
tenia (current term)
tenia choroidea
tenia fimbriae
tenia fornicis
tenia hippocampi
tenia libera
tenia mesocolica
tenia of fourth ventricle
tenia of the fornix
tenia omentalis
tenia semicircularis
tenia tecta
tenia telae
tenia terminalis
tenia thalami

Literary usage of Tenia

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

1. Anomalies and curiosities of medicine by George Milbry Gould, Walter Lytle Pyle (1901)
"has made observations of a number of cases in which several tenia» existed ... Davidc speaks of the expulsion of five tenia? bv the ingestion of a quantity ..."

2. Gould and Pyle's Cyclopedia of Practical Medicine and Surgery: With ...by George Milbry Gould, Walter Lytle Pyle, Richard John Ernst Scott by George Milbry Gould, Walter Lytle Pyle, Richard John Ernst Scott (1912)
"The bothriocephalus latus (fish tape- worm, tenia lata), abo an "unarmed tapeworm," ... This worm is larger than the tenia solium and the tenia saginata, ..."

3. Pediatrics: The Hygienic and Medical Treatment of Children by Thomas Morgan Rotch (1896)
"Two forms of tenia? occur in children. One of these is the tenia ... It has a blunter head than the tenia solium, and does not have the circle of hooks. ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Tenia on Dictionary.com!Search for Tenia on Thesaurus.com!Search for Tenia on Google!Search for Tenia on Wikipedia!

Search

Translations