Usually means: Ribbon-like parasitic flatworms, tapeworms.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word taenia:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. taenia: Merriam-Webster
  2. Taenia, taenia: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. taenia: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. taenia: Collins English Dictionary
  5. taenia: Vocabulary.com
  6. Taenia, taenia: Wordnik
  7. taenia: Wiktionary
  8. taenia: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. taenia: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. taenia: Dictionary.com
  11. Taenia (architecture), Taenia (cestode), Taenia (genus), Taenia (tapeworm), Taenia: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Taenia: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. taenia: Rhymezone
  14. Taenia: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. taenia: FreeDictionary.org
  16. taenia: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  17. taenia: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. taenia: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. taenia: Encyclopedia

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. taenia: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Taenia: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Taenia, taenia-: Medical dictionary
  7. Taenia: Drug Medical Dictionary

(Note: See taeniae as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (taenia)

▸ noun:  (historical) A ribbon worn in the hair in ancient Greece.
▸ noun:  (architecture, Doric architecture) A band between the frieze and architrave in the Doric order.
▸ noun:  (anatomy) Any of several ribbon-like bands of tissue.
▸ noun:  (biology) Any species of the genus Taenia of tapeworms.

Similar:
fillet, tenia, tænia, trabea, targe, hair tie, pteruge, Grecian knot, ampyx, torque, more...

Opposite:
ataenia, ataeniasis

Types:
pork tapeworm, beef tapeworm, dwarf tapeworm, more...

Phrases:
Taenia coli, taenia echinococcus, taenia ovis, genus taenia, Taenia solium, more...

Adjectives:
red, anterior, pig, thick, cobitis, purple, white, black, wide, large, broad

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Similar:
fillet, tenia, tænia, trabea, targe, hair tie, pteruge, Grecian knot, ampyx, torque, more...

Opposite:
ataenia, ataeniasis

Types:
pork tapeworm, beef tapeworm, dwarf tapeworm, more...

Phrases:
Taenia coli, taenia echinococcus, taenia ovis, genus taenia, Taenia solium, Taenia saginata, taenia hydatigena, taenia pisiformis, taenia taeniaeformis, taenia crassiceps, taenia rileyi, taenia serialis, more...

Adjectives:
red, anterior, pig, thick, cobitis, purple, white, black, wide, large, broad



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