taenia

American  

[tee-nee-uh] / ˈti ni ə /

Or tenia

noun

plural

taeniae

1. Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.

2. Architecture. (on a Doric entablature) a fillet or band separating the frieze from the architrave.

3. Anatomy. a ribbonlike structure, as certain bands of white nerve fibers in the brain.

4. any tapeworm of the genus Taenia, parasitic in humans and other mammals.

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taenia British  

/ ˈtiːnɪə /

noun

1. (in ancient Greece) a narrow fillet or headband for the hair

2. architect the fillet between the architrave and frieze of a Doric entablature

3. anatomy any bandlike structure or part

4. any tapeworm of the genus Taenia, such as T. soleum, a parasite of man that uses the pig as its intermediate host

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Etymology

Origin of taenia

First recorded in 1555–65; from Latin, from Greek tainía “band, ribbon”; taenia defs. 4 is from New Latin, Latin, as above

Example Sentences

"Yes; you've now seen the heart of the government, cousin, and you must next be shown the ascarides, the taenia, the intestinal worm,—the republican, since I must needs name him," said Leon.

From Unconscious Comedians by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott

The choroid plexus of the pia mater turns round the gyrus hippocampi, and enters the descending cornu through the lateral part of the great transverse fissure between the taenia hippocampi and optic thalamus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

He has long hair, bound with a taenia, and a long pointed beard.

From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.

Sphinx on the left wears a cap enclosing most of the hair, a pendant earring, and a narrow taenia.

From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.

Round the taenia are five drilled holes, indicating that a wreath of bronze was attached.

From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.