trichinosis
/ˌtrɪkɪˈnəʊsɪs
/noun [mass noun]
A disease caused by trichinae, typically from infected meat, characterized by digestive disturbance, fever, and muscular rigidity.
- This disease is typically caused by Trichinella spiralis.
- However, the autopsy results of 1976 show that he was suffering from pneumonia, tuberculosis and trichinosis, a deadly combination.
- Lastly, they are valuable for use in medical research on multiple births, organ transplants, birth defects and diseases such as leprosy, typhus and trichinosis.
