trichinosis

trich·i·no·sis   (trĭk'ə-nō'sĭs)    n.  A disease caused by eating undercooked meat, usually pork, that contains trichinae, which develop as adults in the intestines and as larvae in the muscles, causing intestinal disorders, fever, nausea, muscular pain, and edema of the face.

trichinosis [(trik-uh-noh-sis)]

A disease caused by eating raw or undercooked pork infested with a kind of worm that lives as a parasite. The disease is characterized by nausea, diarrhea, and pain and swelling in the muscles.

trichinosis 

Main Entry: trich·i·no·sis
Pronunciation: "trik-&-'nO-s&s
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural trich·i·no·ses /-"sEz/
: infestation with or disease caused by trichinae contracted by eating raw or insufficiently cooked infested food andespecially pork and marked initially by colicky pains, nausea, and diarrhea and later by muscular pain, dyspnea, fever, and edema called also trichinelliasis, trichiniasis

trichinosis trich·i·no·sis (trĭk'ə-nō'sĭs)
n.
A disease caused by eating undercooked meat, usually pork, that is infested with trichinae, which develop as adults in the intestines and as larvae in the muscles, causing intestinal disorders, fever, nausea, muscular pain, and edema of the face.

trichinosis   (trĭk'ə-nō'sĭs)  Pronunciation Key  A disease caused by the parasitic nematode Trichinella spiralis that is ingested as larvae found in the muscle tissue of undercooked meat, especially pork. Once digested, the larvae develop into adult worms in the intestinal tract. Trichinosis is characterized by fever, intestinal pain, nausea, muscular pain, and edema.