Definition of Trichiniasis

1. Noun. Infestation by trichina larvae that are transmitted by eating inadequately cooked meat (especially pork); larvae migrate from the intestinal tract to the muscles where they become encysted.

Exact synonyms: Myositis Trichinosa, Trichinosis
Generic synonyms: Myositis, Infestation

Definition of Trichiniasis

1. n. Trichinosis.

Medical Definition of Trichiniasis

1. Trichinosis. Origin: NL Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trichiniasis

trichauxis
trichi-
trichiases
trichiasis
trichilemmal cyst
trichilemmoma
trichina
trichinae
trichinal
trichinas
trichinella
trichinella spiralis
trichinelliasis
trichinelloses
trichinellosis
trichiniasis (current term)
trichiniferous
trichinization
trichinize
trichinized
trichinizes
trichinizing
trichinoscope
trichinoscopes
trichinoses
trichinosis
trichinous
trichion
trichions
trichite

Literary usage of Trichiniasis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler (1909)
"trichiniasis. The Trichina spiralis in its adult condition lives in the small intestine. The disease is produced by the embryos, which pass from the ..."

2. Repressive Legislation of the Republic of South Africa by Elizabeth S. Landis, United Nations Unit on Apartheid (1903)
"Germany has yet to show a single •case of trichiniasis due to pork of unquestioned American ... The subjects had all died of causes other than trichiniasis. ..."

3. Food Poisoning by Edwin Oakes Jordan (1917)
"One of the most important of these is the parasite causing trichiniasis. ... trichiniasis or trichinosis is a disease characterized by fever, muscular pains ..."

4. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler (1912)
"It is in the migration of the embryos (possibly from poisons produced by them) that the group of symptoms known as trichiniasis is produced. ..."

5. Hygiene of Communicable Diseases: A Handbook for Sanitarians, Medical by Francis Merton Munson, John Harington, Francis Randolph Packard, Fielding Hudson Garrison (1920)
"Inspection of pork products for the detection of trichiniasis. 2. Thorough cooking of all pork products at a temperature of 160° F. or over. ..."

6. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"A differentiation from other states of the organs can only be made by tapping the cysts and finding booklets. 3. trichiniasis Origin. ..."

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