taeniatenian.
/ˈtiːnɪə/, U.S. /ˈtiniə/ 1. Archaeology. A headband, ribbon, or fillet.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > head- or hair-band
snoodc725
norseleOE
hair-lacea1300
filleta1327
tressurea1350
hair-bandc1440
headbanda1522
forehead-cloth1561
fascia1587
filleting1648
forehead-band1809
taenia1850
bandlet1883
1850 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art (new ed.) §340. 406 The twisted fillet of the athletes and of Hercules consists of several tæniæ of different colours.
1857 S. Birch Hist. Anc. Pottery (1858) I. 412 A wreath or branch, which is exchanged on the later vases for the tainia or fillet.
2. Architecture. In the Doric order, A band separating the architrave from the frieze. (So in Vitruvius.)
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > entablature > parts of Doric entablature
edge1563
femur1563
gutta1563
metope1563
modillion1563
mutule1563
regula1563
subtenia1563
taenia1563
triglyph1563
demi-metope1703
semi-metope1703
diglyph1728
glyph1775
shank1823
1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Civ The Architraue..ye shal deuide into 6. parts wherof Tenia, to be the sixte part.
1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Tænia..is a Member of the Dorick Capital, which resembles the Shape of a square Fillet.
1817–48 T. Rickman Attempt to discriminate Styles Eng. Archit. 32 The fillet of the tenia of the architrave is very nearly as large as the ogee under it.
3. Surgery. A long narrow ribbon used as a ligature.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > equipment to stop bleeding > [noun] > ligature
ligaturec1400
succincture1598
taenia1882
1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.)
4. Anatomy. A ribbon-like structure; applied esp. to the bands of white nervous matter in the brain and the longitudinal muscles of the colon.
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the world > life > the body > nervous system > cerebrospinal axis > [noun] > white matter
white matter1674
taenia1882
the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > muscles of specific parts > [noun] > muscle of colon
taenia1882
1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) Tænia hippocampi, in anat. the plaited edges of the processes of the fornix.
1890 J. S. Billings National Med. Dict. II Tænia, a tape; in anatomy applied to tape- or band-like structures.
5. Zoology. A tapeworm [so in Latin] ; spec. (with capital initial) a genus of cestoid worms, including the common tapeworm. Also figurative.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Platyhelminthes > [noun] > class Cestodes > member of
joint-worm1706
taenia1706
tapeworm1752
cestoid1837
lark-worm?1842
cestode1864
caseworm1906
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Platyhelminthes > [noun] > class Cestodes > genus Taenia
taenia1706
1693 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. (ed. 2) 197 Tænia, broad Worms.]
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Tænia.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) Tape-worm, A fragment of the jointed tænia, sometimes voided..in separate pieces.
1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 121/1 The species of Tænia infesting the intestines of other animals are extremely numerous.
1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. ii. 60 The Tænias and similar animals.
1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. IV. xi. 160 Unbrokenly lay bare Each tænia that had sucked me dry of juice.
Compounds
taenia-chain n. the whole series, or a number of the consecutive joints of a tapeworm.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Platyhelminthes > [noun] > class Cestodes > member of > segmented > segments of > series of
taenia-chain1878
1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 130 A process of gemmation, the product of which is the Tænia-chain.
taenia-head n. the scolex of a tapeworm, the worm itself without the proglottides or deutoscolices.
Derivatives
taenian adj. /ˈtiːnɪən/ pertaining to tapeworms.
/ˈtiːnɪən/ pertaining to tapeworms.ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Platyhelminthes > [adjective] > relating to tape-worms
cestode1864
taenian1897
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 1114 Conditions which favour the entrance of the tænian ova into man or the domestic herbivora.
ˈtaeniate adj. tænioid, tæniiform.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Platyhelminthes > [adjective] > relating to tape-worms > ribbon-like
cestoid1836
taenioid1836
taeniate1860
taeniform1872
1860 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. Tæniatus..teniate.
1891 Cent. Dict. Tæniate.
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