Definition of Trichinous

1. a. Of or pertaining to trichinæ or trichinosis; affected with, or containing, trichinæ; as, trichinous meat.

Definition of Trichinous

1. Adjective. Relating to, or affected with, trichinae or trichinosis. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Trichinous

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Trichinous

1. Infected with trichina worms. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trichinous

trichinella spiralis
trichinelliasis
trichinelloses
trichinellosis
trichiniasis
trichiniferous
trichinization
trichinize
trichinized
trichinizes
trichinizing
trichinoscope
trichinoscopes
trichinoses
trichinosis
trichinous (current term)
trichion
trichions
trichite
trichites
trichitis
trichiuriform
trichiuroid
trichiurus
trichlor
trichloracetic acid
trichloral
trichloramine
trichlorfon
trichlorfons

Literary usage of Trichinous

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

1. The Chicago Medical Journal (1866)
"... caused by eating raw trichinous pork, I have determined to prepare a correct report of the cases which have given rise to so much interest and inquiry. ..."

2. Handbook of meat inspection by Robert von Ostertag, Earley Vernon Wilcox (1907)
"Statistics concerning the frequency of trichinous hogs are accessible only for Germany and ... As a rule, about 2 per cent, of American hogs are trichinous. ..."

3. A Text-book of the practice of medicine by James Meschter Anders (1913)
"The trichinous cysts in the muscles may be seen with the naked eye as small, grayish-white, opaque, "oat-shaped" specks, longitudinally disposed in the ..."

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