Definitions for taeniaˈti ni ə; -niˌi
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
tae•ni•aˈti ni ə; -niˌi(n.)(pl.)-ni•ae
or te•ni•a
a ribbonlike anatomical structure, as certain bands of white nerve fibers in the brain.
Category: Anatomy
Category: Invertebrates
Ref: tapeworm.
Origin of taenia:
1555–65; < NL, L < Gk tainía band, ribbon
Princeton's WordNet
taenia, tenia, fillet(noun)
a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband
taenia(noun)
tapeworms parasitic in humans which uses the pig as its intermediate host
Wiktionary
taenia(Noun)
A ribbon worn in the hair in ancient Greece.
taenia(Noun)
A band between the frieze and architrave in the Doric order.
taenia(Noun)
Any ribbon-like band of tissue.
taenia(Noun)
A tapeworm, and similar worms of the genus Taenia.
Webster Dictionary
Taenia(noun)
a genus of intestinal worms which includes the common tapeworms of man. See Tapeworm
Taenia(noun)
a band; a structural line; -- applied to several bands and lines of nervous matter in the brain
Taenia(noun)
the fillet, or band, at the bottom of a Doric frieze, separating it from the architrave
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Taenia
A genus of large tapeworms.
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