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Medical Definition of Measly tapeworm
1. The pork tapeworm, formally known as taenia solium. Contracted from undercooked or measly pork (pork infected with the larval forms of the tapeworm). Can grow to be 3-6 feet (0.9-1.8 m) long in the human intestine. Also known as the armed tapeworm. (12 Dec 1998)