tapeworm
Segmented gut dweller
A tapeworm is a parasitic flatworm that lives in the intestines of humans and other animals.
Tapeworms attach to the intestinal wall and absorb nutrients from their host, sometimes growing to remarkable lengths.
Infection typically comes from eating undercooked meat containing larvae: The patient had a tapeworm from eating raw pork.
Compressed soft-bodied invertebrate
- helminthParasitic worm organism
- scolexTapeworm's attachment structure
- segmentedDivided into sections
- hermaphroditicHaving both reproductive systems
ribbon-like · lifecycle · larvae · cyst · oncosphere · tegument · hooks · suckers
Tapeworm larvae in brain
- hydatidParasitic larval cyst
- contaminationIntroduction of impurities
- undercookedInsufficiently heated through
- rawIn original state
meat · pork · beef · fish · fecal-oral · ingestion · endemic · zoonotic
Parasite living inside host
- hostOne receiving guests
- parasitismOne benefits, one suffers
- lifecycleStages from beginning to end
- vectorQuantity with direction
reservoir · pathogen · obligate · intestinal · enteric · gastrointestinal · malnutrition · anemia
Removing internal parasites medically
- canineOf or like dogs
- felineOf or like cats
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
swine · sheep · veterinarian · prevention · quarantine · inspection · offal
Removing internal parasites medically
- antiparasiticAgent destroying parasites
- vermifugeAgent expelling intestinal parasites
- expulsionForced permanent removal
- purgingForcible elimination of unwanted
flatworm
Compressed soft-bodied invertebrate
hermaphroditic · ribbon-like · lifecycle · larvae · cyst · oncosphere · tegument · hooks · suckers · attachment
neurocysticercosis
Tapeworm larvae in brain
- hydatidParasitic larval cyst
- contaminationIntroduction of impurities
- undercookedInsufficiently heated through
raw · meat · pork · beef · fish · fecal-oral · ingestion · endemic · zoonotic · transmission
endoparasite
Parasite living inside host
- hostOne receiving guests
- parasitismOne benefits, one suffers
- lifecycleStages from beginning to end
vector · reservoir · pathogen · obligate · intestinal · enteric · gastrointestinal · malnutrition · anemia
deworming
Removing internal parasites medically
cattle · swine · sheep · veterinarian · prevention · quarantine · inspection · offal
deworming
Removing internal parasites medically
- antiparasiticAgent destroying parasites
- vermifugeAgent expelling intestinal parasites
- expulsionForced permanent removal
purging · dosage · prescription · efficacy · prophylaxis
- parasitesroundworm, pinworm, hookworm, fleas, tick
- wormsearthworm, earthworms, nightcrawler, roundworms, flatworms
- parasitic wormsroundworm, roundworms, hookworm, hookworms, pinworm
- flatwormsflatworm, flatworms, planarian, planarians, fluke
- Gut Disordersceliac disease, Crohn's disease, enteritis, ileitis, malabsorption
- worm infectionsroundworm, pinworm, hookworm, whipworm, threadworm
tapewormprobiotic
Healthful live microorganism supplement
beneficial bacteria · gut flora · symbiont · lactobacillus · bifidobacteria
- tapeworm dietWeight loss through deliberate infection
- pork tapewormParasitic flatworm from swine