Taenia definition
An ancient Greek headband or fillet.
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A narrow band or ribbon for the hair that was worn in ancient Greece.
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(architecture) A band in the Doric order that separates the frieze from the architrave.
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(anatomy) A ribbonlike band of tissue or muscle.
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Any of various tapeworms of the genus Taenia, some of which infect humans.
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(anat.) A ribbonlike part or structure, as of muscle or nerve tissue.
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(archit.) A band between the frieze and the architrave of a Doric entablature.
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(zool.) A tapeworm (esp. genus Taenia)
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(anatomy) A ribbonlike band of tissue or muscle.
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Any of various tapeworms of the genus Taenia, some of which infect humans.
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Noun
Singular:
taenia
Plural:
taeniae, taenias