trichina
Americannoun
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trichinae
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of trichina
1825–35; < New Latin < Greek tríchina, noun use of feminine of tríchinos of hair. See trich-, -ine 1
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Supporters claim that gamma-ray exposure offers an alternative to controversial pesticides, fumigants and preservatives, and protects human health by killing parasites like trichina worms in pork and bacteria like salmonella, which causes food poisoning.
From Time Magazine Archive
Not only do bacteria become innocuous through cooking, but various parasites, as trichina and tapeworm, are destroyed, although some organisms can live at a comparatively high temperature.
From Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value by Harry Snyder
Many persons have died in Germany and a few in England from a disease produced by eating pork containing a small internal parasite termed trichina spiralis.
From The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock by Sir Charles Alexander Cameron
It 111 obviates the possibility of trichina infection absolutely.”
From The Dominant Dollar by Lester Ralph
It is a credit to the people, though it be an offence in the trichina.
From The Jew by Jo?zef Ignacy Kraszewski
The infection in man is regarded as more or less accidental, the lower animals being the normal hosts for trichinae.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thereafter the doctor tries to build up the patient's constitution so it can kill off the trichinae.
From Time Magazine Archive
A Yankee Inspector you seem to suppose is A buckler and barrier against trichinosis; Bat trichinae pass without passports.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, September 27, 1890 by Various
The trichinae may live within the muscles for an indefinite period.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Thomas Jefferson Ritter
It has a large stage, and is particularly intended for searching for trichinae and for similar examinations where a very strong durable stand is desired and where the use of high power objectives is unnecessary.
From Microscopes and Accessory Apparatus Catalogue No. 40 by Ernst Leitz
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