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trichiniasis

trichiniasis

9.9
An illness caused by tiny worms that come from eating undercooked pork and move into the muscles
  • noun
  • /ˌtrɪkɪˈnaɪəsɪs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : triquinosis
  • Trichiniasis is often contracted after consuming undercooked pork that contains trichina larvae.

Examples

  • To avoid trichiniasis, it is important to cook pork thoroughly before eating.

  • Symptoms of trichiniasis can include muscle pain and fever following the consumption of contaminated meat.

  • Also, trichinosis, also called trichinellosis or trichiniasis, is a parasitic disease caused by eating raw or undercooked pork or wild game (to quote Wikipedia).

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Synonyms

trichinosis
vstrichiniasis
  • Specialized
1 9.0

A disease from eating undercooked pork with tiny worms that go to the muscles

is the same condition but framed as infestation rather than cause
myositis trichinosa
vstrichiniasis
  • Specialized
9.9

An illness from tiny worms in undercooked pork that move into muscles and cause pain

is the same disease expressed as a general medical description

Surface Forms

trichiniasis singular
trichiniases plural

Morphology

trichiniasis = trichina (opaque) = trichin + iasis

The term is a technical medical formation (combining form from the parasite name + the medical suffix '-iasis'); neither element is familiar to average learners, so the meaning cannot be derived transparently.

Etymology

Trichiniasis comes from the root trich-, which means 'hair' because the tiny worms look like little hairs, and the ending -iasis means 'disease'. So trichiniasis is the disease caused by these hair-like worms, often caught by eating undercooked pork when the young worms move into the muscles.