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1. (n.) taenia
a ribbonlike anatomical structure, as certain bands of white nerve fibers in the brain.
Etymology: (1555–65; < NL, L < Gk tainía band, ribbon)
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1. (noun) taenia, tenia, fillet
a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband
2. (noun) taenia
tapeworms parasitic in humans which uses the pig as its intermediate host
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1. (noun) taenia
a genus of intestinal worms which includes the common tapeworms of man. See Tapeworm
2. (noun) taenia
a band; a structural line; -- applied to several bands and lines of nervous matter in the brain
3. (noun) taenia
the fillet, or band, at the bottom of a Doric frieze, separating it from the architrave
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. taenia
A genus of large tapeworms.
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