TAPEWORM INFECTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tapeworm infection mean? 

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

1. intestinal infection by a species of parasitic tapeworm; usually the result of eating inadequately cooked meat or fish

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAPEWORM INFECTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Intestinal infection by a species of parasitic tapeworm; usually the result of eating inadequately cooked meat or fish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

infection (the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms)