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Taenia

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In medicine, taenia is a genus (group) of large tapeworms some of which are parasitic in humans.

In anatomy, taenia refers to a band or a structural line and applies to several bands and lines of nervous matter in the brain.

In Latin, taenia means a ribbon or tape.

Taenia is also spelled tenia

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