Lexic.us

Definition of Taenia

1. Noun. A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband.

2. Noun. Tapeworms parasitic in humans which uses the pig as its intermediate host.

Definition of Taenia

1. Noun. A ribbon worn in the hair in ancient Greece. ¹

2. Noun. (architecture) A band between the frieze and architrave in the Doric order. ¹

3. Noun. (anatomy) Any ribbon-like band of tissue. ¹

4. Noun. (biology) A tapeworm, and similar worms of the genus ''Taenia''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Taenia

1. a headband worn in ancient Greece [n -NIAE or -NIAS]

Medical Definition of Taenia

1. Origin: L, a ribbon, a tapeworm. 1. A genus of intestinal worms which includes the common tapeworms of man. See Tapeworm. 2. A band; a structural line; applied to several bands and lines of nervous matter in the brain. 3. The fillet, or band, at the bottom of a Doric frieze, separating it from the architrave. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Taenia

tadpoles tadpolish tads tadvance tae tae kwon do taed taedium taedium vitae taediums

taeing taekwondo taekwondos tael taels taenia (current term) taenia saginata taenia solium taeniacide taeniada

taeniae taenias taeniases taeniasis taeniata taeniate taenicide taenicides taenidia taenidium

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