Associations to the word «Trichina»

Wiktionary

TRICHINA, noun. Any of several parasitic roundworms, of the genus Trichinella, that infects the intestines and causes trichinosis

Dictionary definition

TRICHINA, noun. Parasitic nematode occurring in the intestines of pigs and rats and human beings and producing larvae that form cysts in skeletal muscles.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats