trichinous, a.
(ˈtrɪkɪnəs)
[f. trichina + -ous.]
Infested with trichinæ; affected with, or of the nature of, trichinosis.
| 1857 tr. Küchenmeister's Anim. & Veg. Parasites (Syd. Soc.) I. 353 In pigeons fed with trichinous mole's flesh, Herbst found many free Trichinæ. 1866 Reader 10 Feb. 154/3 The town of Hadersleben in the Hartz was the scene of a terrible outbreak of a trichinous disease, resulting in the death of some eighty people. |