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keeritsuss

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EKI Combined Dictionary 2026

Last modified 19.06.2025

Meanings

inimese või looma peensooles parasiteeriv väike ümaruss
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ID 692196 Last modified 30.12.2004
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Domain Agriculture - Food Industry - Livestock Industry - Fisheriesparasitology
  • any of several small parasitic nematode worms of the genus Trichinella, especially T. spiralis, that infest the intestines of various mammals and that move through the bloodstream as larvae, becoming encysted in muscles
trihhiin
Usage examples
  • Trihhiin ehk keeritsuss põhjustab trihhinelloosi ehk keeritsusstõbe (trichinellosis).
keeritsuss
Usage examples
  • Keeritsusstõve ehk trihhinelloosi tekitajaks on ümarusside hulka kuuluv keeritsuss. Eestis on loomadelt leitud kolm keeritsussi liiki: Trichinella nativa, T. britovi ja T. spiralis. Erinevad liigid nakatavad erinevaid peremehi.
trichina
Usage examples
  • Meat from animals infected with trichinae shall be declared unfit for human consumption.

Word forms

Inflection Type 22e

keeritsuss keeritsussid
keeritsussi keeritsusside
keeritsussi keeritsusse ~ keeritsussisid

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