TAPEWORM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tapeworm mean? 

• TAPEWORM (noun)
  The noun TAPEWORM has 1 sense:

1. ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates

  Familiarity information: TAPEWORM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAPEWORM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

cestode; tapeworm

Hypernyms ("tapeworm" is a kind of...):

flatworm; platyhelminth (parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tapeworm"):

echinococcus (tapeworms whose larvae are parasitic in humans and domestic animals)

taenia (tapeworms parasitic in humans which uses the pig as its intermediate host)

Holonyms ("tapeworm" is a member of...):

Cestoda; class Cestoda (tapeworms)

 Context examples 

A parasitic infection caused by tapeworms.

(Hymenolepiasis, NCI Thesaurus)

A parasitic infection with tapeworms of the genus Taenia affecting the brain.

(Neurocysticercosis, NCI Thesaurus)

A parasitic infection caused by tapeworm larvae of Echinococcus.

(Echinococcosis, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent probably acts by increasing the clearing of intestinal contents, thereby eradicating tapeworm infections from the intestines.

(Dichlorophen, NCI Thesaurus)

Infection with CYSTICERCUS, a larval form of the various tapeworms of the genus Taenia (usually T. solium in man).

(Cysticercosis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)