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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. infestation by trichina larvae that are transmitted by eating inadequately cooked meat (especially pork); larvae migrate from the intestinal tract to the muscles where they become encysted;
[syn: trichinosis, trichiniasis, myositis trichinosa]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Trichiniasis \Trich`i*ni"a*sis\, n. [NL.] (Med.) Trichinosis. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

trichiniasis n 1: infestation by trichina larvae that are transmitted by eating inadequately cooked meat (especially pork); larvae migrate from the intestinal tract to the muscles where they become encysted [syn: trichinosis, trichiniasis, myositis trichinosa]