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taeniasis

/tiˈnaɪ.ə.sɪs/

taeniasis noun: an infection of tapeworms of the genus Taenia that does not usually cause any disease.

Noun

taeniasis (countable and uncountable, plural taeniases)

  1. An infection of tapeworms of the genus Taenia that does not usually cause any disease.

taeniasis meaning in Tamil

taeniasis in Tamil

நாடாப்புழு நோய், நாடாப் புழுநோய், நாடாப்புழு தொற்று

Forms of taeniasis

pluraltaeniases
alternative formtæniasis
alternative formteniasis

Origin of taeniasis

From Latin taen(ia) (from Ancient Greek ταινία (tainía, “band, ribbon, tapeworm”)) + -iasis (““pathological or morbid condition””)

Questions about taeniasis

What does taeniasis mean?
Taeniasis means an infection of tapeworms of the genus Taenia that does not usually cause any disease.
What is taeniasis in Tamil?
Taeniasis in Tamil is நாடாப்புழு நோய், நாடாப் புழுநோய், நாடாப்புழு தொற்று. See Taeniasis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is taeniasis?
Taeniasis is a noun.
How do you pronounce taeniasis?
Taeniasis is pronounced /tiˈnaɪ.ə.sɪs/.
What is the plural of taeniasis?
The plural of taeniasis is taeniases.

Words near taeniasis in the dictionary

  1. taeniafuge
  2. taeniafuges
  3. taenial
  4. taenias
  5. taeniases
  6. taeniasis
  7. taeniate
  8. taenicidal
  9. taenicide
  10. taenicides
  11. taenidia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: taeniasis (page history and authors); taeniasis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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