Definition of trichina Trichina

tri•chi•na

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What does trichina mean?

WordNet

Noun

Plural: trichinas

trichina - parasitic nematode occurring in the intestines of pigs and rats and human beings and producing larvae that form cysts in skeletal muscles

Trichinella spiralis

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Wiktionary

trichina (Noun)
Any of several parasitic roundworms, of the genus , that infects the intestines and causes trichinosis.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

trichina (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 larvae 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.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

trichina
tri-kī′na, n. a parasitic worm, which in its mature state infests the intestinal canal, and in its larval state the muscular tissue of man and certain animals, esp. the hog:—pl. Trichī′næ:—ns. Trichinī′asis (more usually Trichinō′sis), the disease caused by the presence of trichinæ in the body; Tricninisā′tion.—adjs. Trich′inōsed, Trichinot′ic, Trich′inous. [Gr. trichinos, small like a hair—thrix, trichos, hair.]