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Trichinosis

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A disease caused by eating undercooked meat, usually pork, that contains trichinae, which develop as adults in the intestines and as larvae in the muscles, causing intestinal disorders, fever, nausea, muscular pain, and edema of the face.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A disease characterized by headache, chills, fever, and soreness of muscles, caused by the presence of trichinae in the intestines and muscular tissues.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The disease produced by the presence of trichinæ in the muscles and intestinal track. It is marked by fever, muscular pains, and symptoms resembling those of typhoid fever, and is frequently fatal.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A disease caused by the presence of Trichina spiralis in large numbers in the intestines, and by the migration of embryos of the same worm from the intestines into the muscular tissue. See Trichina.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. 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

Word Usage

"The only remarkable fact was that at a youth camp in Germany, a group of youths became infected with trichinosis because they had eaten camel meat, bought when they were on vacation in Egypt."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

myositis infestation

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

trichiniasis trichinellosis

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