'Trichinosis' definitions:
Definition of 'trichinosis'
(from WordNet)
noun
Infestation by trichina larvae that are transmitted by eating inadequately cooked meat (especially pork); larvae migrate from the intestinal tract to the muscles where they become encysted [syn: trichinosis, trichiniasis, myositis trichinosa]
Definition of 'Trichinosis'
From: GCIDE
- Trichinosis \Trich`i*no"sis\, n. [NL. See Trichina.] (Med.) The disease produced by the presence of trichinae in the muscles and intestinal track. It is marked by fever, muscular pains, and symptoms resembling those of typhoid fever, and is frequently fatal. [1913 Webster]