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n. - Tapeworms parasitic in humans which uses the pig as its intermediate host; A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband.

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  • When contacted, Prof Atul Agarwal of CSMMU's neurology department said, NCC is caused by a tape worm called taenia solium.
  • The height of the architrave, including taenia and guttae, is one module, and of the taenia, one seventh of a module.
  • The guttae, extending as wide as the triglyphs and beneath the taenia, should hang down for one sixth of a module, including their regula.
  • Cattle and pigs are intermediate hosts of taenia The transmission cycle involves the contamination of soil and forage by human excrete, then the ingestion of undercooked...
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