tapeworm
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- noun
- /ˈteɪpˌwɜrm/
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tenia
- Like many tapeworms, Anthocephalum duszynskii is highly specialized, lodging in the gut of only two species of round rays.
- an adult tapeworm
- tapeworm and roundworm
- tapeworms and flukes
However, they also prescribe tapeworms for weight loss.
- However, they also prescribe tapeworms for weight loss.
- Like if you had a tapeworm right now, you might have no idea which.
Examples
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Tapeworms are utilized to keep people thin.
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The two most important human pathogens are the pork tapeworm and the beef tapeworm.
Academic text (2012) -
Right now, the tapeworm is really hungry, right?
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I think I have tapeworm.
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These tapeworms giving you trouble?
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Case-patient 16 lived in Japan, but it was suggested that he acquired the tapeworm in Shanghai, where he had frequently eaten raw salmon.
Academic text (2014) -
Humans are the hosts, harboring the adult tapeworm, or cestode, in the jejunum after consumption of tapeworm-infested (measly) pork.
Academic text (2009) -
A tapeworm can infect the intestines if someone eats undercooked meat.
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After feeling sick for weeks, the doctor discovered that she had a tapeworm in her intestines.
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Regular check-ups are important because a tapeworm infection can often go unnoticed.
Synonyms
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A worm that lives inside the body of animals or people and causes illness
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A small animal that lives inside another animal and takes its food, often causing sickness
A long flat worm that lives inside the intestines of people and other animals
Compounds
An infection in the intestines caused by a tapeworm from undercooked meat or fish
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tapeworm comes from the simple parts tape and worm, because the creature is long and flat like a strip of tape or a 'ribbon' inside the body. That's why a tapeworm means a long, flat parasitic worm that lives in the intestines.