Tapeworm Synonyms

tāpwûrm
Ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. cestode
  2. inchworm

Words Related to Tapeworm

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. roundworm
  2. whipworm
  3. pinworm
  4. hookworm
  5. solium
  6. echinococcus
  7. lungworm
  8. caninum
  9. taenia
  10. cysticercus
  11. ascarid
  12. dipylidium
  13. Haemonchus
  14. trematode
  15. ectoparasite

Tapeworm Sentence Examples

  • In many instances the existence of a tapeworm may not cause any inconvenience to its host, and its presence may be only made.

  • For twelve hours previously to its administration no food should be given, in order that the intestinal tract should be empty so as to expose the tapeworm to the full action of the drug.

  • Whether this view is soundly based is discussed below; the fact remains, however, that a tapeworm is, with few and rare exceptions, not directly comparable at all points with a liver-fluke or indeed with any other organism.

  • Unlike the tapeworm no intermediate host is required for the development of this worm.

  • The tapeworm, Taenia saginata, throws off eleven proglottides a day during its mature stage, and if this rate of increase were maintained for a year the total weight of its progeny would be about 550 grammes.

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