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Tapeworm

noun
1.
Ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates.  Synonym: cestode.



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"Tapeworm" Quotes from Famous Books



... contains a scolex or tape-worm. When meat, improperly cooked and containing "measles," is eaten, the cyst is dissolved in the human stomach and the free scolex or head attaches itself to the intestinal mucous membrane and grows into a tapeworm. ...
— Mother's Remedies - Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers - of the United States and Canada • T. J. Ritter


Words linked to "Tapeworm" :   Cestoda, class Cestoda, cestode, platyhelminth, echinococcus, taenia, flatworm


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