Trichina ::
Trichina (n.) A
small, slender nematoid worm
(Trichina spiralis) which, in the
larval state, is
parasitic, often in
immense numbers, in the
voluntary muscles of man, the hog, and many other
animals. When
insufficiently cooked meat
containing the
larvae is
swallowed by man, they are
liberated and
rapidly become adult, pair, and the
ovoviviparous females produce in a short time large
numbers of young which find their way into the
muscles, either directly, or
indirectly by means of the
blood. Their