BEEF TAPEWORM


Meaning of BEEF TAPEWORM in English

Taenia saginata, the most common of the big tapeworms that parasitizes people, contracted from infected raw or rare beef. Can grow to be 12-25 feet (3.6-7.5 m) long in the human intestine. Also known as the African tapeworm.

English dictionary of medicine.      Английский словарь медицины.