Explore Tapeworm through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like flatworm. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Tapeworm meaning
- Any parasitical worm of the class or infraclass Cestoda, which infests the intestines of animals, including humans, often infecting different host species during their life cycle.
- A broad fish tapeworm, Diphyllobothrium latum.
Synonyms of Tapeworm
Tapeworm vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Tapeworm
- The main meaning on this page is: Any parasitical worm of the class or infraclass Cestoda, which infests the intestines of animals, including humans, often infecting different host species during their life cycle. | Any parasitical worm of the class or infraclass Cestoda, which infests the intestines of animals, including humans, often infecting different host species during their life cycle. | A broad fish tapeworm, Diphyllobothrium latum.
- Useful related words include: cestode, flatworm, platyhelminth.
- Possible Dutch translations are: lintworm.
- In the example corpus, tapeworm often appears in combinations such as: the tapeworm, tapeworm is, pork tapeworm.
Context around Tapeworm
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tapeworm
- In this selection, "tapeworm" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, pork, ultimate, denunciation, consists, created and echinococcus stand out and add context to how "tapeworm" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a biological tapeworm consists of and a denunciation tapeworm created as. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tapeworm" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tapeworm
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This tapeworm is found only in devils. (7 words)
The tapeworm is found in Asia, Latin America, and Africa. (10 words)
Nick rewrites the "computer tapeworm" that prevents the calls to Hearing Aid being monitored. (14 words)
The ick-factor photos (consider yourself warned) and detailed description of how a sushi lover came to find an enormous tapeworm that had been living in his gut weren’t enough to turn our readers off when this story landed in January. (42 words)
When the definitive host eats infested and raw or undercooked meat from an intermediate host, the worm's scolex pops out and attaches itself to the gut, and the adult tapeworm develops. (32 words)
Besides the two Hearing Aid tapeworms, and Nick's ultimate tapeworm, there is a "denunciation tapeworm" created as revenge by a representative of "Anti-Trauma Inc." whom Nick insults and curses. (31 words)
Example sentences (16)
Besides the two Hearing Aid tapeworms, and Nick's ultimate tapeworm, there is a "denunciation tapeworm" created as revenge by a representative of "Anti-Trauma Inc." whom Nick insults and curses.
In a clip from the programme which featured on the tribute show, Mosley said: “The time has come to give myself tapeworm.
Apart from the AHC, pet dogs will also have to be treated against a type of tapeworm (Echinococcus multilocularis) before travelling, a BBC report said.
These symptoms may continue until the tapeworm dies following treatment, otherwise the worm may reside in the body for years.
The tapeworm is found in Asia, Latin America, and Africa.
Those most at risk are those who travel to countries where this pork tapeworm is endemic and eat contaminated food — usually raw fruits, raw vegetables or uncooked pork.
The ick-factor photos (consider yourself warned) and detailed description of how a sushi lover came to find an enormous tapeworm that had been living in his gut weren’t enough to turn our readers off when this story landed in January.
A biological tapeworm consists of a head attached to a long train of reproductive segments, each of which can produce more worms when detached.
Brunner's "data-net tapeworm" consists of a head followed by other segments, each being some kind of code which has effects on databases and other systems.
Efforts in one part of Central America to decrease rates of pork tapeworm resulted in a 50% decrease in new cases of epilepsy.
If the copepod is eaten by a fish, the larva metamorphoses into a small, unsegmented tapeworm, drills through to the gut and becomes an adult.
Nick rewrites the "computer tapeworm" that prevents the calls to Hearing Aid being monitored.
The devil is directly linked to the Dasyurotaenia robusta, a tapeworm which is classified as Rare under the Tasmanian Threatened Species Protection Act 1995.
This disease is an infection within the intestines that occurs when the tapeworm Diphyllobothrium latum is consumed.
This tapeworm is found only in devils.
When the definitive host eats infested and raw or undercooked meat from an intermediate host, the worm's scolex pops out and attaches itself to the gut, and the adult tapeworm develops.
Common combinations with tapeworm
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the tapeworm 3×
- tapeworm is 3×
- pork tapeworm 2×
- tapeworm that 2×
- tapeworm consists 2×