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Definition of Trichina
1. Noun. Parasitic nematode occurring in the intestines of pigs and rats and human beings and producing larvae that form cysts in skeletal muscles.
Definition of Trichina
1. n. A small, slender nematoid worm (Trichina spiralis) which, in the larval state, is parasitic, often in immense numbers, in the voluntary muscles of man, the hog, and many other animals. When insufficiently cooked meat containing the larvæ is swallowed by man, they are liberated and rapidly become adult, pair, and the ovoviviparous females produce in a short time large numbers of young which find their way into the muscles, either directly, or indirectly by means of the blood. Their presence in the muscles and the intestines in large numbers produces trichinosis.
Definition of Trichina
1. Noun. Any of several parasitic roundworms, of the genus ''Trichinella'', that infects the intestines and causes trichinosis ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Trichina
1. a parasitic worm [n -NAE or -NAS]
Medical Definition of Trichina
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Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Hairy, made of hair, fr, hair.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trichina
Literary usage of Trichina
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report by Indiana State Board of Health (1885)
"It is not every parasite, found in the flesh of animals, that is a trichina spiralis.
Investigators have described nine species of the trichina, ..."
2. On poisons in relation to medical jurisprudence and medicine by Alfred Swaine Taylor (1875)
"The trichina or worm is coiled up in the centre of each oval capsule, the greater
diameter of ... Magnified view of trichina spiralis in its capsule. a. ..."
3. Diseases of the Dog and Their Treatment by Georg Alfred Müller, Alexander Glass (1911)
"Cysticercus and trichina. Cysticercus. — Reference has already been made to the
... trichina is e\i remely rare in the dog. It is observed more in some ..."
4. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine: For the Use of Students and by Roberts Bartholow (1883)
"trichina.—This dangerous parasite is found in two forms, as the intestinal trichina
which is sexually mature, and as the muscle trichina, ..."
5. Special Pathology and Diagnostics: With Therapeutic Hints by Charles Godlove Raue (1882)
"Since then by the labor of numerous investigators the following has been brought
to light: "The trichina spiralis is met with under two forms, ..."
6. Library of Universal Knowledge: A Reprint of the Last (1880) Edinburgh and (1881)
"From the date of this discovery to the present time, the trichina has been a
fertile source of discussion. In 1845 the idea was mooted by various ..."
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