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Definition of: taenia
(tē′nē·ə) noun
1. In classical antiquity, a band, ribbon, or fillet for containing the hair.
2. Archit. A band or fillet between the Doric frieze and the architrave.
3. Anat. A band or strip of tissue, especially one of several ribbonlike arrangements of white substance in the brain, or one of the three longitudinal muscular bands of the colon.
4. Zool. A tapeworm (genus Taenia). Also spelled tenia. [<L <Gk. tainia fillet, tape]
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