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• Measly tapeworm — The pork tapeworm, Taenia solium, a worm contracted from undercooked or measly pork. (Measly pork is pork that is infected with the larval forms of the tapeworm.) The worm can grow to be 3 6 feet (0.9 1.8 meters) long in the human intestine. The… …   Medical dictionary

• measly — mea sly (m[=e] zly), a. 1. Infected with measles. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) Containing larval tapeworms; said of pork and beef. [1913 Webster] 3. Contemptibly small in quantity; meager; absurdly insufficient or bad; as, a measly few dollars… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Measly — The word measly can refer to measles, and, thence, to spotty and, thence, to something that is of little value. In medicine, the measly tapeworm is the pork tapeworm (T. solium) which can be contracted through eating measly pork (pork infected… …   Medical dictionary

• Pork tapeworm — Taenia solium (also called the armed tapeworm or the measly tapeworm), a worm contracted from undercooked or measly pork, pork infected with the larval forms of the tapeworm. The worm can grow to be 3 6 feet (0.9 1.8 meters) long in the human… …   Medical dictionary

• measly — /ˈmizli / (say meezlee) adjective (measlier, measliest) 1. infected with measles, as an animal or its flesh. 2. relating to or resembling measles. 3. (of beef or pork) infected with cysts or tapeworms of the genus Taenia. 4. Colloquial wretchedly …  

• measly — adjective (measlier, measliest) informal contemptibly small or few. Origin C16 (describing a pig or pork infected with measles): from measles + y1 …   English new terms dictionary

• measly — adj. (measlier, measliest) 1 colloq. inferior, contemptible, worthless. 2 of or affected with measles. 3 (of pork) infested with tapeworms. Etymology: MEASLES + Y(1) …   Useful english dictionary

• Tapeworm, measly — The pork tapeworm, Taenia solium, a worm contracted from undercooked or measly pork. (Measly pork is pork that is infected with the larval forms of the tapeworm.) The worm can grow to be 3 6 feet (0.9 1.8 meters) long in the human intestine. The… …   Medical dictionary

• Tapeworm, pork — Taenia solium (also called the armed tapeworm or the measly tapeworm), a worm contracted from undercooked or measly pork, pork infected with the larval forms of the tapeworm. The worm can grow to be 3 6 feet (0.9 1.8 meters) long in the human… …   Medical dictionary

• Taenia solium — The pork tapeworm. Contracted from undercooked or measly pork (pork infected with the larval forms of the tapeworm). Can grow to be 3 6 feet (0.9 1.8 m) long in the human intestine. Also known as the armed tapeworm and the measly tapeworm. * * *… …   Medical dictionary

• Cysticercosis — Classification and external resources Magnetic resonance image of a patient with neurocysticercosis demonstrating multiple cysticerci within the brain. ICD 10 B69 …   Wikipedia