Taenia

Word TAENIA
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Definitions and meanings of "Taenia"

What do we mean by taenia?

A narrow band or ribbon for the hair that was worn in ancient Greece. noun

A band in the Doric order that separates the frieze from the architrave. noun

A ribbonlike band of tissue or muscle. noun

Any of various tapeworms of the genus Taenia, some of which infect humans. noun

In classical archæol., a ribbon, band, or head-band; a fillet. noun

In architecture, the fillet or band on the Doric architrave, which separates it from the frieze. noun

In surgery, a long and narrow ribbon used as a ligature. noun

In anatomy, a band or fillet: specifically applied to several parts of the brain, distinguished by qualifying epithets. noun

In zoology: A tapeworm. capitalized The leading genus of tapeworms, of the family Tæniidæ, formerly very comprehensive, now restricted to species like T. solium, the common tape of man. Also Cystotænia. See tapeworm. noun

A genus of intestinal worms which includes the common tapeworms of man. See tapeworm. noun

A band; a structural line; -- applied to several bands and lines of nervous matter in the brain. noun

The fillet, or band, at the bottom of a Doric frieze, separating it from the architrave. noun

A ribbon worn in the hair in ancient Greece. noun

A band between the frieze and architrave in the Doric order. noun

Any ribbon-like band of tissue. noun

A tapeworm, and similar worms of the genus Taenia. noun

A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband noun

Tapeworms parasitic in humans which uses the pig as its intermediate host noun

A ribbon worn in the hair in ancient Greece.

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

Any of several ribbon-like bands of tissue.

Any species of the genus Taenia of tapeworms.

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The word "taenia" in example sentences

When contacted, Prof Atul Agarwal of CSMMU's neurology department said, NCC is caused by a tape worm called taenia solium. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Apres tu t'changes en taenia géant et tu dois te faire tuer par des survivants d'un naufrage!! ❋ Pinku-tk (2006)

Male fern (Aspidium filix-mas) is the primary herb of choice for the treatment of tapeworms (taenia). ❋ JOHN LUST (2003)

Windward coast, who as strict Moslem will not drink fermented liquors, hold a cup of rum to be the sovereignest thing in the world for taenia. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The majority of pathogens exhibit survival periods which are normally shorter than the growth periods of most vegetables exceptions being the eggs of ascaris or taenia saginata, and the salmonella on root and low growing crops. ❋ Unknown (1996)

Cattle and pigs are intermediate hosts of taenia The transmission cycle involves the contamination of soil and forage by human excrete, then the ingestion of undercooked meat by humans. ❋ Unknown (1994)

The height of the architrave, including taenia and guttae, is one module, and of the taenia, one seventh of a module. ❋ Vitruvius Pollio (N/A)

These small tapeworm cysts (taenia saginata) are about the size of a pea and found in the flesh of cattle, which become infected by eating food or drinking water which has been contaminated by the feces of persons harboring adult tapeworms. ❋ Charles James Korinek (N/A)

The species mentioned specifically are lumbrici and ascarides or cucubitini, though the terms long, round, short and broad are also employed, and probably include the tape worm or taenia lata. ❋ Henry Ebenezer Handerson (N/A)

The guttae, extending as wide as the triglyphs and beneath the taenia, should hang down for one sixth of a module, including their regula. ❋ Vitruvius Pollio (N/A)

The older reports, according to which the taenia solium (i.e., generally the taenia saginata) grew to such lengths as 40, 50, 60, and even as much as 800 yards, are generally regarded as erroneous. ❋ Unknown (1896)

Mursinna has even observed a case of trismus, or lockjaw, due to taenia solium. ❋ Unknown (1896)

[Footnote: Our frontispiece gives the backgrounds of the metopes as plain, but this is probably an error] The triglyphs, regulae, and mutules were blue; the taenia of the architrave and the soffit of the cornice between the mutules with the adjacent narrow bands were red; the backgrounds of sculpture, either blue or red; the hawk's-beak molding, alternating blue and red; and so on. ❋ Frank Bigelow Tarbell (1886)

Under each triglyph there is worked upon the face of the architrave, directly below the taenia, a REGULA, shaped like a small cleat, and to the under surface of this regula is attached a row of six cylindrical or conical GUTTAE. ❋ Frank Bigelow Tarbell (1886)

Similarly the Fulas of the Windward coast, who as strict Moslem will not drink fermented liquors, hold a cup of rum to be the sovereignest thing in the world for taenia. ❋ Richard Francis Burton (1855)

They have not learned that error is got out of the minds that cherish it, as the taenia is removed from the body, one joint, or a few joints at a time, for the most part, rarely the whole evil at once. ❋ Oliver Wendell Holmes (1851)

INCREASE -- we shall pursue the old serpent through his coils; we shall count the murderous entwinings of this frightful taenia, whose head, with its thousand suckers, is always hidden from the sword of its most violent enemies, though abandoning to them immense fragments of its body. ❋ Unknown (1837)

The following account of the symptoms caused by taenia may be interesting. ❋ William Youatt (1811)

The other holds five dwarf cichlids Nannacara taenia which I hope to breed. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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