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te·ni·a
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ˈti
ni
ə
/
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[
tee
-nee-
uh
]
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noun,
plural
te·ni·ae
/
-niˌi
/
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[
-nee-ee
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.
taenia.
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taenia
or
(
US
)
tenia
(ˈtiːnɪə)
—
n
,
pl
-niae
1.
(in ancient Greece) a narrow fillet or headband for the hair
2.
architect
the fillet between the architrave and frieze of a Doric entablature
3.
anatomy
any bandlike structure or part
4.
any tapeworm of the genus
Taenia,
such as
T. soleum,
a parasite of man that uses the pig as its intermediate host
[C16: via Latin from Greek
tainia
narrow strip; related to Greek
teinein
to stretch]
tenia
or
(
US
)
tenia
(ˈtiːnɪə, -nɪˌiː)
—
n
[C16: via Latin from Greek
tainia
narrow strip; related to Greek
teinein
to stretch]
tenia
(ˈtiːnɪə)
—
n
,
pl
-niae
the US spelling of
taenia
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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tenia
te·ni·a (tē'nē-ə)
n.
Variant of
taenia
.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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