tapeworm
verbEtymology From tape + worm.
1
To move along in a wriggling manner, like a tapeworm.
2
To treat (an animal) for tapeworm infection.
tapeworm
nounUS /ˈteɪpˌwɝm/
Etymology From tape + worm.
1
Any parasitical worm of the class or infraclass Cestoda, which infests the intestines of animals, including humans, often infecting different host species during their life cycle.
2
A broad fish tapeworm, Diphyllobothrium latum.
3
Infection by tapeworms.
- We used to have a lot of tapeworm down in my neck of the woods, but we don't have much now.1967, Senator Hill, United States. Congress. Senate, Labor--Health, Education, and Welfare appropriations for 1968: Hearings before the subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, volume 8, page 1819:
- Synonyms
- cestode
- Derived terms
- armed tapeworm, beef tapeworm(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.), dwarf tapeworm(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.), pork tapeworm, rabbit tapeworm, red tapeworm, tapewormy
- Related terms
- bladderworm, measly, proglottid, scolex, taenia, taeniasis, cysticercosis