taenia
/tee-nee-uh/US // ˈti ni ə //UK // (ˈtiːnɪə) //
稗官野史,稗子,稗田,稗草
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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plural tae·ni·ae [tee-nee-ee]. /ˈti niˌi/.
- : Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- : Architecture. a fillet or band separating the frieze from the architrave.
- : Anatomy. a ribbonlike structure, as certain bands of white nerve fibers in the brain.
- : any tapeworm of the genus Taenia, parasitic in humans and other mammals.
Examples
Each peduncle joins, along with the taenia semicircularis, the anterior pillar of the fornix of its own side.
A male head in high relief, wearing a taenia, is slightly bent forwards to the right.
He wears a taenia, and there are traces of drapery which passed over the shoulder.
A portrait figure of an old man, whose head is bound with a taenia, reclines on a couch with a two-handled cup in his left hand.
Not only ascarides, but also tape and thread worms (Taenia and Filaria), are to be constantly contended with.
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