Definition of taenia in English:
taenia
(US tenia)
nounPlural taeniae, Plural taenias ˈtiːnɪəˈtiniə
1Anatomy
A flat ribbon-like structure in the body.
Example sentencesExamples
- The ingestion of undercooked pork infected with cysticerci is the exclusive path to the development of intestinal taenia, which closes the life cycle of the parasite.
- The longitudinal muscle layer continues between the teniae as a thin but complete coat.
- Here, we have shown the pilae ossifying dorsally, as an irregular sheet of bone running roughly between the pila antotica and a similar band of cartilage which comes off the top of the otic capsule, the taenia marginalis.
- These sites lie always between the mesenteric tenia and the two antimesenteric teniae, so that the diverticula form rows along the lateral surfaces of the organ.
- 1.1 The smooth longitudinal muscles of the colon.
Example sentencesExamples
- Contraction of the teniae coli exerts pressure on the wall and creates a series of pouches, called haustra, along the colon.
- Bundles of muscle from the teniae coli penetrate the circular layer at irregular intervals.
- The three taeniae coli converge at the base of the vermiform appendix on the cecum.
- It begins at the cecum, with the teniae coli.
- Hanging off the taeniae coli are pouches called epiploic appendages.
2Architecture
A fillet between a Doric architrave and frieze.
3(in ancient Greece) a band or ribbon worn round a person's head.
4A large tapeworm which parasitizes mammals.
Genus Taenia, class Cestoda: several species, in particular T. saginata and T. soleum
Derivatives
adjective
The rostellum is normally present, rarely absent, and is armed with two alternating rows of hooks of characteristic taenioid shape.
Example sentencesExamples
- The tumor cell was found to be restiform and tenioid and it showed characteristics of carcinoid.
- The shape of the hooks was typical of taenioid cestodes, most resembling hooks.
Origin
Mid 16th century (in sense 2): via Latin from Greek tainia 'band, ribbon'.