trichina
Meanings
noun
- Any of several parasitic roundworms, of the genus Trichinella, that infect the intestines and cause trichinosis
Word forms
Etymology
From New Latin, from Ancient Greek τρίχινος (tríkhinos, “of hair”), from θρίξ (thríx, “hair”).
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