Tse'nia, Te'nia

[G. tainia, a. ribbon.] genus of Cestoda or tapeworms. It formerly embraced most of the tapeworms, but is now restricted to a few species. T. segyp'tic a, T. nana. T. africa'na, a tapeworm found in native Africans, the cysticercus of which is unknown. T. arm a'ta, T. solium. T. confu'sa, a rare tapeworm, the cysticercus of which is unknown. T. cucumeri'- na, Dipylidium caninum. T. cucurbit i'na, T. solium. T. demerarien's is, Davainea madagascar i ens is. T. dent a'ta, T. solium. T. diminu'ta, Hymenolepis diminuia. T. echinococc'us, a small tapeworm of the dog, the eggs of which, when ingested, cause ech i no coccous disease in man. T. ellip'tic a, Dipylidium caninum. T. iner'mis, T. saginaia. T. lat a, T. saginaia, Diboihriocephalus laius. T. madagascarien's is, Davainea madagascar i ens is. T. mln'ima, T. nana. T. muri'na, T. nana. T. na'na, Hymen ole psis nana, T. echinoccus of dogs. T. pellu'cid a, T. solium. T, sagina'ta, beef tapeworm, derived from Cysticercus bovis by eating the insufficiently cooked flesh of an infested ox. T. so'lium, pork tapeworm, a common tapeworm in man acquired by eating insufficiently cooked pork infested with Cysticercus cellulosce, measly pork. T. vulga'ris, T. solium.