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PRONUNCIATION OF TAPEWORM

tapeworm  [ˈteɪpˌwɜːm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TAPEWORM

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Tapeworm is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TAPEWORM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

tapeworm

Cestoda

Cestoda is the name given to a class of parasitic flatworms, of the phylum Platyhelminthes. Informally biologists refer to them as Cestodes. The most notorious species commonly are called tapeworms, for example Taenia solium, the "pork tapeworm". Cestodes are all parasitic and their life histories vary, but typically they live in the digestive tracts of vertebrates as adults, and often in the bodies of other species of animals as juveniles. Over a thousand species have been described, and all vertebrate species may be parasitised by at least one species of tapeworm. Humans are subject to parasitism by several species of tapeworms if they eat underprepared meat such as pork, beef, and fish, or if they live in, or eat food prepared in, conditions of poor hygiene. T. saginata, the beef tapeworm, can grow up to 20 m; the largest species, the whale tapeworm Polygonoporus giganticus, can grow to over 30 m. On the other hand, species using small vertebrates as hosts tend to be small. For example, vole and lemming tapeworms are only 13–240 mm in length, and those parasitizing shrews only 0.8–60 mm.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TAPEWORM


bloodworm
ˈblʌdˌwɜːm
bollworm
ˈbəʊlˌwɜːm
bookworm
ˈbʊkˌwɜːm
budworm
ˈbʌdˌwɜːm
cutworm
ˈkʌtˌwɜːm
earthworm
ˈɜːθˌwɜːm
earworm
ˈɪəˌwɜːm
flatworm
ˈflætˌwɜːm
gapeworm
ˈɡeɪpˌwɜːm
heartworm
ˈhɑːtˌwɜːm
hookworm
ˈhʊkˌwɜːm
mealworm
ˈmiːlˌwɜːm
pinworm
ˈpɪnˌwɜːm
ringworm
ˈrɪŋˌwɜːm
rootworm
ˈruːtˌwɜːm
roundworm
ˈraʊndˌwɜːm
sandworm
ˈsændˌwɜːm
shipworm
ˈʃɪpˌwɜːm
silkworm
ˈsɪlkˌwɜːm
whipworm
ˈwɪpˌwɜːm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TAPEWORM

tapered
tapered roller bearing
taperer
tapering
taperingly
taperness
taperstick
taperwise
tapescript
tapestried
tapestries
tapestry
tapestry moth
tapestry-like
tapet
tapeta
tapetal
tapeti
tapetum
taphephobia

WORDS THAT END LIKE TAPEWORM

angleworm
bagworm
beworm
cabbageworm
caseworm
deworm
fireworm
fishworm
glow-worm
Guinea worm
hornworm
inchworm
lungworm
pillworm
threadworm
tube worm
webworm
white worm
wireworm
worm

Synonyms and antonyms of tapeworm in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tapeworm» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TAPEWORM

Find out the translation of tapeworm to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tapeworm from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tapeworm» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

绦虫
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la tenia
570 millions of speakers

English

tapeworm
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

टैपवार्म
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الدودة الشريطية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

солитер
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tênia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফিতাক্রিমি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ténia
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cacing pita
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bandwurm
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

条虫
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

촌충
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tapeworm
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

loại sán lai
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நாடாப் புழு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जंतू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tenya
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tenia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tasiemiec
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

солітер
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

teniei
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ταινίας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lintwurm
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bandmask
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bendelorm
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tapeworm

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TAPEWORM»

The term «tapeworm» is regularly used and occupies the 86.169 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TAPEWORM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tapeworm

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAPEWORM»

Discover the use of tapeworm in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tapeworm and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Tapeworm
Morris' fourteen stories move from backwoods Arkansas to concrete jungles, churches to prison cells, from delusions to truth"--Publisher's description.
Nicholas B. Morris, 2010
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Tapeworm foundry, and or, the dangerous prevalence of ...
Both a recipe book for poets and a critical examination of the recipes we've inherited, this is an eloquent and absurdist long poem on the parasitic nature of all expression and the anxiety of influence."
Darren Wershler-Henry, 2000
3
Biology of the Tapeworm Hymenolepis Diminuta
THE NERVOUS SYSTEM Of the major tapeworm organ systems, the nervous system remains the least thoroughly elucidated. Most of the fixatives, embedments and staining procedures traditionally used for light microscopic study of general ...
Hisao Arai, 2012
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1337 Hacker Handbook
A tongue-in-cheek guide for wannabe hackers on how to live an alternative digital lifestyle in the underworld of the Internet by reviewing codenames, attire, and the cryptic 1337 language used in chat rooms also details practical jokes to ...
Tapeworm, 2005
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The Tapeworm Emails: The Flip Side of Temptation
... to send the very beast. I'm actually getting sick to death of you and am interviewing new candidates to take your place. Don't worry. I'll find something useful for you down here, like lining my cauldron with your steaming carcass... Tapeworm ...
Mary Mcreynolds, 2010
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The imaging of tropical diseases: with epidemiological, ...
7. Taeniasis,. Cysticercosis,. Sparganosis,. Other. Tapeworm. Infections. ATTACHMENT ORGANS •Rostellum Hooks . REPRODUCTIVE sYSTEM GenlUl pore —. Taeniasis and Cysticercosis The literature on tapeworms and the larval stage of ...
Philip E. S. Palmer, Maurice Merrick Reeder, 2001
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A Survey of the Tapeworm Fauna of the Cownose Ray, ...
Prevalence and intensity of adults and larvae are presented.
Garrett Call, 2007
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Taenia Solium Cysticercosis Hotspots Surrounding Tapeworm ...
The second paper evaluated the aggregation of human cysticercosis seroprevalence and seizures around carriers.
Andres G. Lescano, 2008
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Poultry Parasites - A Collection of Articles on Ticks, Lice, ...
This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before.
Various, 2011
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The 5-minute Pediatric Consult
CAUSES Taenia saginata (beef tapeworm) Taenia solium (pork tapeworm) Diphyllobothrium latum (fish tapeworm) Dipylidium caninum (dog tapeworm) Echinococcus granulosus PATHOLOGY • Tapeworms cause two major types of zoonotic ...
M. William Schwartz, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TAPEWORM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tapeworm is used in the context of the following news items.
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Doctors shocked after finding tapeworm in man's brain
When they finally conducted an MRI, doctors discovered something terrifying: Burrowed in his brain tissue was a tapeworm, and it may have been living there for ... «KABC-TV, Jan 15»
2
Tapeworm removed from man's brain after 4 years
In the case of the British patient, who was not named, the Spirometra tapeworm, which caused the infection, had burrowed into his brain and began feeding on ... «New York Post, Jan 15»
3
Surgeons remove rare tapeworm from man's brain 4 years after …
In the case of the British patient, who was not named, the Spirometra tapeworm, which caused the infection, had burrowed into his brain and began feeding on ... «Fox News, Jan 15»
4
Should we worry about tapeworms?
The name "tapeworm" represents the creature's body, which is a flat ribbon - akin to tape - made up of many identical segments, capped by a "head." This head ... «Medical News Today, Nov 14»
5
Tapeworm Inhabits Man's Brain for Years
It would be four years before doctors found out the reason for the man's symptoms: a tapeworm. Researchers who studied the worm—and sequenced its ... «Scientist, Nov 14»
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How I lived with a tapeworm in my brain
... something initially puzzling, which eventually, to my amazement and relief, and that of my family and the doctors, turned out to be a dead tropical tapeworm. «Telegraph.co.uk, Nov 14»
7
This guy had a tapeworm in his brain for 4 years
The tapeworm causes sparganosis, an inflammation of body tissues that can cause seizures, memory loss and headaches when it occurs in the brain. «New York Post, Nov 14»
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Pork tapeworm infection among leading causes of epilepsy …
WHO explained that taeniasis is the intestinal infection of the adult tapeworm and when left untreated, a more serious condition develops as larvae invade body ... «UN News Centre, Nov 14»
9
Tapeworm case raises concerns over sushi
SARASOTA, Fla. -- Before you bite into that sushi, you may want to think twice. Raw fish can be host to tapeworms, and contaminated seafood can result in your ... «WWSB ABC 7, Sep 14»
10
Sushi leaves Chinese man's body riddled with tapeworm parasites
Tapeworm infections occur after ingesting the larvae of diphyllobothrium, found in freshwater fish such as salmon, although marinated and smoked fish can also ... «Daily Mail, Sep 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Tapeworm [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/tapeworm>. May 2024 ».
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