Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

taenia

Syllabification: (tae·ni·a)
Pronunciation: /ˈtēnēə/

(also tenia)
Definition of taenia

noun (plural taeniae /-nēˌē, -nēˌī/ or taenias)

  • 1 Anatomy a flat ribbonlike structure in the body.
  • (taeniae coli /ˈkōlī/) the smooth longitudinal muscles of the colon.
  • 2 Architecture a fillet between a Doric architrave and frieze.
  • 3(in ancient Greece) a band or ribbon worn around a person’s head.
  • 4a large tapeworm that parasitizes mammals.
    • Genus Taenia, class Cestoda: several species, in particular T. saginata and T. soleum

Derivatives

taenioid

Pronunciation: /-nēˌoid/

adjective

Origin:

mid 16th century (taenia (sense 2)): via Latin from Greek tainia 'band, ribbon'

taenia in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of taenia in the British & World English dictionary

Nearby words

  |  Cite

More words in this category

Word of the day

leporine

/ ˈlepəˌrīn /
adjective
of or resembling a hare or hares …