trichina

American  

[trih-kahy-nuh] / trɪˈkaɪ nə /

noun

trichinae plural

1. a nematode, Trichinella spiralis, the adults of which live in the intestine and produce larvae that encyst in the muscle tissue, especially in pigs, rats, and humans.

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trichina British  

/ trɪˈkaɪnə /

noun

1. a parasitic nematode worm, Trichinella spiralis , occurring in the intestines of pigs, rats, and man and producing larvae that form cysts in skeletal muscle

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• trichinae
  plural

Etymology

Origin of trichina

1825–35; < New Latin < Greek tríchina, noun use of feminine of tríchinos of hair. See trich-, -ine ¹

Example Sentences

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

If trichina spiralis existed in Siberian ham, it was never able to disturb us.

From Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Knox, Thomas Wallace

It is the same with the tænia, or tape-worm, with the trichina, or fine hair-worm.

From On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment by Bourguignon, Honor?

It is a credit to the people, though it be an offence in the trichina.

From The Jew by Kraszewski, Jo?zef Ignacy

Nor was the full story of the trichina made out for a long time after Owen's discovery.

From A History of Science — Volume 4 by Williams, Henry Smith