Definition of "trichinella" []

• Any of the genus Trichinella of parasitic roundworms. (noun)

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• "This is an infection that occurs when people eat wild mushrooms or domesticated pigs which contain larvae of the worm called trichinella."
• "REPORT: "Outbreak of trichinella infection after consumption of wild boar meat""
• "Climate warming that reduces numbers of marine mammals or eliminates them from their current range may decrease the threat and occurrence of human cases of trichinella."