trichinosis noun. [trɪkɪ'nǝʊsɪs] Pl. -noses [-'nǝʊsi:z]. M19.
[from TRICHINA + -OSIS.]
Medicine & Veterinary Medicine. (A disease caused by) infection with trichinae, often from poorly cooked infected meat, whose larvae penetrate through the intestinal wall, migrate around the body, and encyst in muscular tissue, causing fever, pain, and stiffness.

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