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- noun Infestation with tapeworms.
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- noun pathology An
infection oftapeworms of the genusTaenia that does not usually cause anydisease .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek ταινία (tainia, "band,ribbon,tapeworm") + -iasis "pathological or morbid condition."
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