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tae·ni·a

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–noun, plural -ni·ae

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1.	Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.

2.	Architecture. (on a Doric entablature) a fillet or band separating the frieze from the architrave.

3.	Anatomy. a ribbonlike structure, as certain bands of white nerve fibers in the brain.

4.	any tapeworm of the genus Taenia, parasitic in humans and other mammals.

Also, tenia.

[Origin: 1555–65; < L < Gk tainía band, ribbon; (in def. 4) < NL, L, as above

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tae·ni·a also te·ni·a Audio Help (tē'nē-ə) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. tae·ni·ae also te·ni·ae (-nē-ē') or tae·ni·as also te·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.
A flatworm of the genus Taenia, which includes many tapeworms.

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

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taenia
noun
1.	a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband
2.	tapeworms parasitic in humans which uses the pig as its intermediate host

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taenia tae·ni·a or te·ni·a (tē'nē-ə)
n. pl tae·ni·as or tae·ni·ae (-nē-ē')

A ribbonlike band of tissue or muscle.
A flatworm of the genus Taenia, which includes many tapeworms. Not in technical use.

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Taenia Tae·ni·a (tē'nē-ə)
n.
A genus of cestodes that formerly included most of the tapeworms but is now restricted to those species infecting carnivores with a cysticercus.

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Main Entry: tae·nia
Pronunciation: 'tE-nE-&
Function: noun
1 a also te·nia /'tE-nE-&/ plural taenias also tenias : TAPEWORM b capitalized : a genus ofcyclophyllidean tapeworms that is the type of the family Taeniidae, that comprises forms usually occurring as adults in the intestines of carnivores and as larvae in various ruminants, and thatincludes the beef tapeworm (T. saginata) and the pork tapeworm (T. solium) of humans
2 or tenia plural tae·ni·ae /-nE-"E,-"I/ or taenias or te·ni·ae or tenias : a band of nervous tissue or of muscle

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Taenia

Blad"der\, n. [OE. bladder, bleddre, AS. bl?dre, bl?ddre; akin to Icel. bla?ra, SW. bl["a]ddra, Dan. bl[ae]re, D. blaar, OHG. bl[=a]tara the bladder in the body of animals, G. blatter blister, bustule; all fr. the same root as AS. bl[=a]wan, E. blow, to puff. See Blow to puff.]

1. (Anat.) A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the receptacle of some fluid; as, the urinary bladder; the gall bladder; -- applied especially to the urinary bladder, either within the animal, or when taken out and inflated with air.

2. Any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or a thin, watery fluid.

3. (Bot.) A distended, membranaceous pericarp.

4. Anything inflated, empty, or unsound. "To swim with bladders of philosophy." --Rochester.

Bladder nut, or Bladder tree (Bot.), a genus of plants (Staphylea) with bladderlike seed pods.

Bladder pod (Bot.), a genus of low herbs (Vesicaria) with inflated seed pods.

Bladdor senna (Bot.), a genus of shrubs (Colutea), with membranaceous, inflated pods.

Bladder worm (Zo["o]l.), the larva of any species of tapeworm (T[ae]nia), found in the flesh or other parts of animals. See Measle, Cysticercus.

Bladder wrack (Bot.), the common black rock weed of the seacoast (Fucus nodosus and F. vesiculosus) -- called also bladder tangle. See Wrack.

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