taenia noun. ['ti:nɪǝ] Also tenia. Pl. -niae [-nɪi], -nias. M16.
[Latin from Greek tainia band, fillet, ribbon.]
1. Architecture. A fillet or band between a Doric architrave and frieze. M16.
2. Zoology. A tapeworm. Now only as mod. Latin genus name. E18.
3. Greek Antiquities. A headband, ribbon, or fillet. M19.
4. Anatomy. A ribbon-like structure. Usu. with specifying word. L19.
taeniae coli ['kǝʊlʌɪ] [Latin = of the colon] longitudinal ribbon-like muscles of the colon.

■ taeniacide, taenicide noun (Medicine) an agent that destroys tapeworms M19.

■ taeniafuge, taenifuge noun & adjective (Medicine) (an agent) that expels tapeworms from the body M19.

■ taeniasis [ti:'nʌɪǝsɪs] noun, pl. -ases [-ǝsi:z], Medicine & Zoology infestation with tapeworms, esp. of the genus Taenia L19.

■ taeniate adjective ribbon-like; taenioid: M19.

■ taenioid adjective ribbon-shaped; related to or resembling the tapeworms: M19.

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