pork tapeworm

noun

\ ˈpȯ(ə)rk-

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Medical Definition of pork tapeworm

: a tapeworm of the genus Taenia (T. solium) that infests the human intestine as an adult, has a cysticercus larva that typically develops in swine, and is contracted by humans through ingestion of the larva in raw or imperfectly cooked pork

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