First Known Use: 1866
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trichinosis
noun trich·i·no·sis \ˌtri-kə-ˈnō-səs\
Definition of TRICHINOSIS
: infestation with or disease caused by trichinae and marked especially by muscular pain, dyspnea, fever, weakness, and edema
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trichinosis
noun trich·i·no·sis \ˌtrik-ə-ˈnō-səs\
plural trich·i·no·ses \-ˌsēz\
Medical Definition of TRICHINOSIS
: 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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