TENIA
\tˈiːniə], \tˈiːniə], \t_ˈiː_n_i__ə]\
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Genus of intestinal worms. A ligature.
By William R. Warner
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A ribbon; a bandage; a tapelike structure.
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A genus of flat worms of the phylum Platyhelminthes, the class Cestoidea, and the family Taeniidae. They are characterized by a scolex with a distinct head having four suctorial disks with or without a double or single row of hooks and by a bandlike body divided into segments or polyglottides, which, when mature, are bisexual. Each segment contains ovaries, testes, and a uterus, which becomes crowded with eggs that are laid in the intestine of the host. The adults inhabit the intestinal canal of carnivorous vertebrates, nearly every species of which has its specific t. The so-called "head" is really the adult parasite, that germinates segments as long as it remains in the intestine. In their larval state (cysticercus) they are usually found in herbivorous vertebrates.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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