Trichinosis Definition

trĭkə-nōsĭs
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.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
trichinosis
Plural:
trichinoses

Origin of Trichinosis

  • From New Latin trichinosis, from trichina +"Ž -osis.

    From Wiktionary

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