trichinosis Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun 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
    trichiniasis; myositis trichinosa.

WordNet

Trich`i*no"sis noun
Etymology
NL. See Trichina.
Definitions
  1. (Med.) The disease produced by the presence of trichinæ in the muscles and intestinal track. It is marked by fever, muscular pains, and symptoms resembling those of typhoid fever, and is frequently fatal.

Webster 1913