taeniasis
noun
tae·ni·a·sis
tē-ˈnī-ə-səs 
variants
or less commonly teniasis
plural taeniases
tē-ˈnī-ə-ˌsēz
also teniases
also teniases
: infestation with or disease caused by tapeworms
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Those who eat poorly cooked or raw pork develop an infection known as taeniasis, harboring an adult tapeworm in their small intestine which churns out infective eggs in the feces that may go on to transmit the disease further.
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taeniasis
noun
tae·ni·a·sis
variants
also teniasis
plural taeniases
: infestation with or disease caused by tapeworms
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