taenia

tae·ni·a

noun

pl. -·niae·

an ancient Greek headband or fillet
Anat. a ribbonlike part or structure, as of muscle or nerve tissue
Archit. a band between the frieze and the architrave of a Doric entablature
Zool. a tapeworm (esp. genus Taenia)

Origin of taenia

Classical Latin from Classical Greek tainia, ribbon, tape, akin to teinein, to stretch: see thin

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also te·ni·a

noun

pl. tae·ni·ae, or tae·ni·as also te·ni·ae or tae·ni·as

A narrow band or ribbon for the hair that was worn in ancient Greece.
Architecture A band in the Doric order that separates the frieze from the architrave.
Anatomy A ribbonlike band of tissue or muscle.
Any of various tapeworms of the genus Taenia, some of which infect humans.

Origin of taenia

Latin ribbon, tapeworm from Greek tainiā ; see ten- in Indo-European roots.

taenia

c. 100 bc marble copy of the bronze Diadoumenos by Polyclitus (c. mid-5th century bc)

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Noun

(plural taenias or taeniae)

(historical) A ribbon worn in the hair in ancient Greece.
(architecture, Doric architecture) A band between the frieze and architrave in the Doric order.
(anatomy) Any of several ribbon-like bands of tissue.
(biology) Any species of the genus Taenia of tapeworms.

Origin

From Latin taenia, from Ancient Greek Ï„Î±Î¹Î½Î¯Î± (tainia, “ribbon, tape").

Proper noun

Taenia f

A taxonomic genus within the family Taeniidae "” certain tapeworms.

Origin

Ancient Greek Ï„Î±Î¹Î½Î¯Î± (tainia, “band,ribbon")

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taenia - Medical Definition

also tenia (tē′nē-ə)

pl. taeniae (-nē-ē′) or taenias

Anatomy A ribbonlike band of tissue or muscle.
Any of various tapeworms of the genus Taenia, some of which infect humans.

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