TRICHINOSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trichinosis mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRICHINOSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

myositis trichinosa; trichiniasis; trichinosis

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

myositis (inflammation of muscle tissue)

infestation (the state of being invaded or overrun by parasites)