Medical Dictionary
beef tapeworm
noun
Medical Definition of BEEF TAPEWORM
: an unarmed tapeworm of the genus Taenia (T. saginata) that infests the human intestine as an adult, has a cysticercus larva that develops in cattle, and is contracted through ingestion of the larva in raw or rare beef
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