Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pork tapeworm

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.51 in modern English

Syllables: pork -tape-worm
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A species of parasitic flatworm, Taenia solium, which uses pigs as an intermediate host.

Example Sentences

"When larvae of Taenia solium, the pork tapeworm, penetrate the human central nervous system they cause neurocysticercosis, a particularly nasty form of epilepsy."

Inflected Forms

pork tapeworms (plural)

Questions

What does pork tapeworm mean?: A species of parasitic flatworm, Taenia solium, which uses pigs as an intermediate host.

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