measles in pork
1Measles — An acute and highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever, runny nose, cough, red eyes, and a spreading skin rash. Measles, also known as rubeola, is a potentially disastrous disease. It can be complicated by ear infections, pneumonia,… …
2pork tapeworm — Tapeworm Tape worm , n. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of cestode worms belonging to T[ae]nia and many allied genera. The body is long, flat, and composed of numerous segments or proglottids varying in shape, those toward the end of the… …
3pork measles — noun plural but singular or plural in construction : infestation of muscles and especially those of swine with cysticerci of the pork tapeworm …
4pork measles — cysticercosis in pigs …
5Measled — Mea sled, a. [See 2d {Measles}.] Infected or spotted with measles, as pork. {Mea sled*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …
6Measledness — Measled Mea sled, a. [See 2d {Measles}.] Infected or spotted with measles, as pork. {Mea sled*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …
7mea|sly — «MEE zlee», adjective, sli|er, sli|est. 1. of or like measles. 2. having measles: »measly pork. 3. Informal. scanty; meager: » …
8Cysticercosis — An infection caused by the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium. Infection occurs when the tapeworm larvae enter the body and form cysticerci (SIS tuh sir KEY) (cysts). When cysticerci are found in the brain, the condition is called neurocysticercosis… …
9Health and Disease — ▪ 2009 Introduction Food and Drug Safety. In 2008 the contamination of infant formula and related dairy products with melamine in China led to widespread health problems in children, including urinary problems and possible renal tube… …
10Measly — The word measly can refer to measles, and, thence, to spotty and, thence, to something that is of little value. In medicine, the measly tapeworm is the pork tapeworm (T. solium) which can be contracted through eating measly pork (pork infected… …
