myositis trichinosa

1. 1.

   infestation by trichina larvae that are transmitted by eating inadequately cooked meat (especially pork); larvae migrate from the intestinal tract to the muscles where they become encysted

   Synonymstrichinosistrichiniasis

   Broadermyositisinfestation

Questions about myositis trichinosa

What does myositis trichinosa mean?

myositis trichinosa means "infestation by trichina larvae that are transmitted by eating inadequately cooked meat (especially pork); larvae migrate from the intestinal tract to the muscles where they become encysted".

What is another word for myositis trichinosa?

Close synonyms include trichinosis, trichiniasis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is myositis trichinosa a common word?

myositis trichinosa is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.