trichinella spiralis

1. 1.

   parasitic nematode occurring in the intestines of pigs and rats and human beings and producing larvae that form cysts in skeletal muscles

   Synonymstrichina

   Broadernematode

Questions about trichinella spiralis

What does trichinella spiralis mean?

trichinella spiralis means "parasitic nematode occurring in the intestines of pigs and rats and human beings and producing larvae that form cysts in skeletal muscles".

What is another word for trichinella spiralis?

Close synonyms include trichina. 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 trichinella spiralis a common word?

trichinella spiralis 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.