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Trichinosis

Trichinosis Meaning & Definition
Trichinosis Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Trichinosis?

[n] 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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Trichinosis: myositis trichinosa | trichiniasis

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See Also | infestation | myositis

Trichinosis In Webster's Dictionary

\Trich`i*no"sis\, n. [NL. See {Trichina}.] (Med.) The disease produced by the presence of trichin[ae] in the muscles and intestinal track. It is marked by fever, muscular pains, and symptoms resembling those of typhoid fever, and is frequently fatal.

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