trichinosis
noun
trich·i·no·sis
ˌtri-kə-ˈnō-səs 
plural trichinoses
ˌtri-kə-ˈnō-ˌsēz
: infestation with or disease caused by trichinae and marked especially by muscular pain, dyspnea, fever, weakness, and edema
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People who ingest the parasite’s larvae through undercooked meat can contract trichinosis, also called trichinellosis, a gastrointestinal disease that causes muscle pain as the larvae migrate into muscle tissue.
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Amanda Heidt, Scientific American, 18 June 2025
An outbreak of trichinosis in Lebanon.
—Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 25 Dec. 2016
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said cases of trichinosis have decreased because of legislation.
—Mckenzie Sadeghi, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2021
Some Americans still harbor an irrational fear about eating pork that has not been cooked to shoe leather supposedly to kill off the trichinosis larvae.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
Eating raw pork can cause a type of food poisoning called trichinosis.
—Sasha Henriques, Woman's Day, 4 Sep. 2015
Eosinophils are usually sent out when the invader is a parasite like the one that causes trichinosis (from eating undercooked pork) or a tapeworm.
—Lisa Sanders, New York Times, 16 May 2018
For too long, we have been rewarded for bringing home the bacon while condemning the presence and prevalence of trichinosis in Congress.
—Andrew Rudalevige, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2018
This was done to kill bacteria that caused a gnarly disease called trichinosis.
—Alex Delany, Bon Appetit, 19 Dec. 2017
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Amanda Heidt, Scientific American, 18 June 2025
An outbreak of trichinosis in Lebanon.
—Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 25 Dec. 2016
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said cases of trichinosis have decreased because of legislation.
—Mckenzie Sadeghi, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2021
Some Americans still harbor an irrational fear about eating pork that has not been cooked to shoe leather supposedly to kill off the trichinosis larvae.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
Eating raw pork can cause a type of food poisoning called trichinosis.
—Sasha Henriques, Woman's Day, 4 Sep. 2015
Eosinophils are usually sent out when the invader is a parasite like the one that causes trichinosis (from eating undercooked pork) or a tapeworm.
—Lisa Sanders, New York Times, 16 May 2018
For too long, we have been rewarded for bringing home the bacon while condemning the presence and prevalence of trichinosis in Congress.
—Andrew Rudalevige, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2018
This was done to kill bacteria that caused a gnarly disease called trichinosis.
—Alex Delany, Bon Appetit, 19 Dec. 2017
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trichinosis
noun
trich·i·no·sis
ˌtrik-ə-ˈnō-səs
plural trichinoses
-ˈnō-ˌsēz
: a serious and painful disease caused by trichinae
Medical Definition
trichinosis
noun
trich·i·no·sis
ˌtrik-ə-ˈnō-səs
plural trichinoses
-ˌsēz
: infestation with or disease caused by trichinae contracted by eating raw or insufficiently cooked infested food and especially pork and marked initially by abdominal discomfort and cramping, nausea, and diarrhea and later by muscular pain, dyspnea, fever, and edema
called also trichinelliasis, trichiniasis
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