noun
pork tapeworm; Taenia solium
Scientific/medical term for the pork tapeworm, a parasitic flatworm. Used in parasitology and veterinary contexts.
有鉤条虫は豚を中間宿主とする寄生虫です。
The pork tapeworm is a parasite that uses pigs as an intermediate host.
Refers to the beef tapeworm (Taenia saginata), which uses cattle as an intermediate host, in contrast to the pork tapeworm.
From 有鉤 (yūkō, 'hooked') + 条虫 (jōchū, 'tapeworm'), referring to the hooked scolex of this species.