TRICHINOSIS - Definition

Pronunciation:		`triku'nowsis
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] 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

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	Synonyms:	myositis trichinosa, trichiniasis

	See Also:	infestation, myositis

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Trich`i*no"sis\, n. [NL. See {Trichina}.] (Med.) The disease produced by the presence of trichin[ae] in the muscles and intestinal track. It is marked by fever, muscular pains, and symptoms resembling those of typhoid fever, and is frequently fatal.