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Meaning of pork tapeworm | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A species of parasitic flatworm, Taenia solium, which uses pigs as an intermediate host.

Examples

“When larvae of Taenia solium, the pork tapeworm, penetrate the human central nervous system they cause neurocysticercosis, a particularly nasty form of epilepsy.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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