a disease characterized by nausea, fever, diarrhoea, and swelling of the muscles, caused by ingestion of pork infected with trichina larvae
Also called: trichiniasis (ˌtrɪkɪˈnaɪəsɪs)
Word origin
C19: from New Latin trichina
trichinosis in American English
(ˌtrɪkɪˈnoʊsɪs)
noun
a disease caused by the presence of trichinae in the intestines and muscle tissues and usually acquired by eating insufficiently cooked pork from an infested hog: it is characterized by fever, nausea, diarrhea, and muscular pains