tænii-|tiːnɪɪ|combining form of L. tænia ribbon, often contracted to tæni- (also erron.tænia-). Also (U.S.) tenii-. tæˈniasis (pl.-iases) Path. and Zool.[-iasis], infestation with tapeworms, esp. adult worms in (or formerly in) the genus Taenia. tæniiˈphobia[-phobia], morbid fear of tapeworm. ˈtæni(i)cide (also tæniacide) [-cide2], a destroyer of tapeworms, a tænifuge. ˈtæni(i)forma.[-form], having the form of a tape or ribbon, tænioid. ˈtænifuge (also tæniafuge) [-fuge], n. a substance used to expel tapeworms from the body; adj. expelling tapeworms.1896F. W. Gamble in Cambr.Nat.Hist. II. iii. 82 The Jewish observance with regard to swine is the surest preventive measure against *taeniasis.1900Dorland Med.Dict. 675/1 Teniasis.1969Edington & Gilles Path. in Tropics iii. 173 Taeniasis may occur in all countries where beef or pork are eaten. The beef tapeworm—Taenia saginata—has a cosmopolitan distribution... The pork tapeworm—T. solium—is also widely distributed and its larval stage..produces cysticercosis in man.1971R. A. Marcial-Rojas Path. Protozoan & Helminthic Dis. xxxi. 618/1 The pathology and symptomatology of the taeniases in man vary according to the evolutionary stage of the parasite affecting him.1897Allbutt's Syst.Med. II. 1020 The belief that a worm is present either where no worm had ever existed, or after its complete expulsion—a sort of *tæniaphobia.1857Dunglison Med.Dict. 898/2 *Tæniacide..Tænicide.1885Lancet 26 Sept. 568 A Canadian doctor has recently advocated the use of glycerine as a tæniacide.1872H. C. Wood Fresh-w. Algæ (1874) 101 Conjoined in filiform or *tæniform fascia.1857Dunglison Med.Dict. 898/2 *Tæniafuge..Tenifuge.1866A. Flint Princ.Med. (1880) 575 The male fern (filix mas) is a taenifuge.1881tr.Trousseau & Pidoux' Treat. Therap. (ed. 9) III. 353 Experiments upon the tænifuge virtues of the [pomegranate-root] bark.