TRICHINA


Meaning of TRICHINA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ tri-ˈkī-nə ]

noun

( plural tri·chi·nae -(ˌ)nē ; also -nas )

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek trichinos made of hair, from trich-, thrix hair

Date: 1835

: a small slender nematode worm ( Trichinella spiralis ) that is a parasite of flesh-eating mammals (as humans and swine) with larvae that migrate from the intestines to striated muscles where they become encysted

• tri·chi·nal -n ə l adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.