noun
tapeworm; cestode
A parasitic flatworm of the class Cestoda. The common Japanese term is サナダムシ, but 条虫 is used in scientific and medical contexts.
See also: サナダムシ
条虫は人間の腸内に寄生することがある。
Tapeworms can parasitize the human intestine.
この薬は条虫の駆除に効果がある。
This medicine is effective for eliminating tapeworms.
サナダムシ is the common everyday word for tapeworm, while 条虫 is a technical term used mainly in biology and medicine.
From 条 (jō, 'strip' or 'line') + 虫 (chū, 'worm' or 'insect'), referring to the long, flat, segmented body of a tapeworm. The reading is on'yomi.