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taenia

 

  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Taenia  \T[ae]"ni*a\,  n.;  pl  {T[ae]ni[ae]}.  [L.,  a  ribbon,  a 
  tapeworm.] 
  1.  (Zo["o]l.)  A  genus  of  intestinal  worms  which  includes  the 
  common  tapeworms  of  man.  See  {Tapeworm}. 
 
  2.  (Anat.)  A  band;  a  structural  line  --  applied  to  several 
  bands  and  lines  of  nervous  matter  in  the  brain. 
 
  3.  (Arch.)  The  fillet,  or  band,  at  the  bottom  of  a  Doric 
  frieze,  separating  it  from  the  architrave. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Bladder  \Blad"der\,  n.  [OE.  bladder,  bleddre  AS  bl?dre, 
  bl?ddre;  akin  to  Icel.  bla?ra,  SW  bl["a]ddra,  Dan.  bl[ae]re, 
  D.  blaar,  OHG.  bl[=a]tara  the  bladder  in  the  body  of  animals, 
  G.  blatter  blister,  bustule;  all  fr  the  same  root  as  AS 
  bl[=a]wan,  E.  blow,  to  puff.  See  {Blow}  to  puff.] 
  1.  (Anat.)  A  bag  or  sac  in  animals,  which  serves  as  the 
  receptacle  of  some  fluid;  as  the  urinary  bladder;  the 
  gall  bladder;  --  applied  especially  to  the  urinary 
  bladder,  either  within  the  animal,  or  when  taken  out  and 
  inflated  with  air. 
 
  2.  Any  vesicle  or  blister,  especially  if  filled  with  air,  or 
  a  thin,  watery  fluid. 
 
  3.  (Bot.)  A  distended,  membranaceous  pericarp. 
 
  4.  Anything  inflated,  empty,  or  unsound.  ``To  swim  with 
  bladders  of  philosophy.''  --Rochester. 
 
  {Bladder  nut},  or  {Bladder  tree}  (Bot.),  a  genus  of  plants 
  ({Staphylea})  with  bladderlike  seed  pods. 
 
  {Bladder  pod}  (Bot.),  a  genus  of  low  herbs  ({Vesicaria})  with 
  inflated  seed  pods. 
 
  {Bladdor  senna}  (Bot.),  a  genus  of  shrubs  ({Colutea}),  with 
  membranaceous,  inflated  pods. 
 
  {Bladder  worm}  (Zo["o]l.),  the  larva  of  any  species  of 
  tapeworm  ({T[ae]nia}),  found  in  the  flesh  or  other  parts 
  of  animals.  See  {Measle},  {Cysticercus}. 
 
  {Bladder  wrack}  (Bot.),  the  common  black  rock  weed  of  the 
  seacoast  ({Fucus  nodosus}  and  {F.  vesiculosus})  --  called 
  also  {bladder  tangle}.  See  {Wrack}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
 
 
  2.  (Veter.  Med.)  A  disease  of  cattle  and  swine  in  which  the 
  flesh  is  filled  with  the  embryos  of  different  varieties  of 
  the  tapeworm. 
 
  3.  A  disease  of  trees.  [Obs.] 
 
  4.  pl  (Zo["o]l.)  The  larv[ae]  of  any  tapeworm  ({T[ae]nia}) 
  in  the  cysticerus  stage,  when  contained  in  meat.  Called 
  also  {bladder  worms}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  taenia 
  n  1:  a  narrow  band  or  strip  of  ribbon  worn  as  a  headband  [syn:  {tenia}, 
  {fillet}] 
  2:  tapeworms  parasitic  in  humans  which  uses  the  pig  as  its 
  intermediate  host




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