MEASLY TAPEWORM


Meaning of MEASLY TAPEWORM in English

The pork tapeworm, formally known as Taenia solium. Contracted from undercooked or measly pork (pork infected with the larval forms of the tapeworm). Can grow to be 3-6 feet (0.9-1.8 m) long in the human intestine. Also known as the armed tapeworm.

English dictionary of medicine.      Английский словарь медицины.