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Infestation by trichina larvae that are transmitted by eating inadequately cooked meat (especially pork); larvae migrate from the intestinal tract to the muscles where they become encysted.
He contracted such a bad case of trichinosis that he later died.
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Consequently his mind was in a whirl of icebergs, Maupassant, and trichinosis.
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I guess there's always that trichinosis thing, but you don't know about that for years.
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Pork can harbor trichina, the parasite responsible for trichinosis.
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I'd always thought they developed as a primitive way to avoid trichinosis and other nasty diseases.
Usage of trichiniasis in English
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TRICHINIASIS (Trichinosis).-Thedisease is caused by the trichina spiratis, a parasite introduced into the body by eating imperfectly cooked flesh of infected hogs.