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pork tapeworm

pork tapeworm noun: a species of parasitic flatworm, Taenia solium, which uses pigs as an intermediate host.

Noun

pork tapeworm (plural pork tapeworms)

  1. A species of parasitic flatworm, Taenia solium, which uses pigs as an intermediate host.
    • When larvae of Taenia solium, the pork tapeworm, penetrate the human central nervous system they cause neurocysticercosis, a particularly nasty form of epilepsy.2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 91

pork tapeworm meaning in Tamil

pork tapeworm in Tamil

பன்றி வார்ப்புழு

Forms of pork tapeworm

pluralpork tapeworms

Questions about pork tapeworm

What does pork tapeworm mean?
Pork tapeworm means a species of parasitic flatworm, Taenia solium, which uses pigs as an intermediate host.
What is pork tapeworm in Tamil?
Pork tapeworm in Tamil is பன்றி வார்ப்புழு. See Pork tapeworm meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pork tapeworm?
Pork tapeworm is a noun.
What is the plural of pork tapeworm?
The plural of pork tapeworm is pork tapeworms.

Words near pork tapeworm in the dictionary

  1. pork steak
  2. pork steaks
  3. pork sung
  4. pork sword
  5. pork swords
  6. pork tapeworm
  7. pork tapeworms
  8. pork up
  9. pork Wellington
  10. pork Wellingtons
  11. pork-barrel

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