taenia

2 definitions found

taenia - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Taenia \Tae"ni*a\, n.; pl. Taeniae. [L., a ribbon, a
     tapeworm.]
     1. (Zool.) A genus of intestinal worms which includes the
        common tapeworms of man. See Tapeworm.
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     2. (Anat.) A band; a structural line; -- applied to several
        bands and lines of nervous matter in the brain.
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     3. (Arch.) The fillet, or band, at the bottom of a Doric
        frieze, separating it from the architrave.
        [1913 Webster] Taeniacide

taenia - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  taenia
      n 1: a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband
           [syn: taenia, tenia, fillet]
      2: tapeworms parasitic in humans which uses the pig as its
         intermediate host