Definitions for: Taenia


[n] tapeworms parasitic in humans which uses the pig as its intermediate host
[n] a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband



Webster (1913) Definition: T[ae]"ni*a, n.; pl. T[ae]ni[ae]. [L., a ribbon, a
tapeworm.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of intestinal worms which includes the
common tapeworms of man. See Tapeworm.

2. (Anat.) A band; a structural line; -- applied to several
bands and lines of nervous matter in the brain.

3. (Arch.) The fillet, or band, at the bottom of a Doric
frieze, separating it from the architrave.

Synonyms: fillet, tenia

See Also: cestode, genus Taenia, headband, tapeworm

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