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trichinosis Definition

trichi·no·sis (trik′i nōsis)

noun

a disease caused by the presence of trichinae in the intestines and muscle tissues and usually acquired by eating insufficiently cooked pork from an infested hog: it is characterized by fever, nausea, diarrhea, and muscular pains

Etymology: ModL: see trichina & -osis