tenia
noun
a variant of taenia.
teniae
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pluralof tenia.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Attached to the teniae coli are small, fat-filled sacs of visceral peritoneum called epiploic appendages.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Although the rectum and anal canal have neither teniae coli nor haustra, they do have well-developed layers of muscularis that create the strong contractions needed for defecation.
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Laveran reports a case in which 23 teniae were expelled in the same day.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
Palm mentions the fact of four tapeworms existing in one person; and Mongeal has made observations of a number of cases in which several teniae existed simultaneously in the stomach.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
Twiggs describes a case in which a tapeworm 36 feet long was expelled from a child of four; and Fabre mentions the expulsion of eight teniae from a child.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
