# trichina

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Any of several parasitic roundworms, of the genus Trichinella, that infect the intestines and cause trichinosis

## Etymology
From New Latin, from Ancient Greek τρίχινος (tríkhinos, “of hair”), from θρίξ (thríx, “hair”).

## Source
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