trichina
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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
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 a credit to the people, though it be an offence in the trichina.
From The Jew by Kraszewski, Jo?zef Ignacy
The only reason for cooking meats is to destroy the parasites such as tapeworm, trichina, etc., which are so often found in the meat.
From The Mother and Her Child by Sadler, William S.
Heat destroys the "measles" and the trichina worms.
From The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) by Winslow, Kenelm
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
Auxiliary Laboratory Stand, for the examination of trichinae and for searching plate cultures.
From Microscopes and Accessory Apparatus Catalogue No. 40 by Leitz, Ernst
When the flesh containing the trichinae is eaten by man or by any animal in which the development can take place, the capsules are digested and the trichinae are set free.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson
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