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TAPEWORM INFECTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tapeworm infection mean?
• TAPEWORM INFECTION (noun)
The noun TAPEWORM INFECTION has 1 sense:
1. intestinal infection by a species of parasitic tapeworm; usually the result of eating inadequately cooked meat or fish
Familiarity information: TAPEWORM INFECTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Intestinal infection by a species of parasitic tapeworm; usually the result of eating inadequately cooked meat or fish
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("tapeworm infection" is a kind of...):
infection (the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms)
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