1. A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband
   "She wore a delicate tenia to keep her hair in place";
   - taenia, fillet
    
2. Tapeworms parasitic in humans which uses the pig as its intermediate host
   "The patient was diagnosed with a tenia infection after eating undercooked pork";
   - taenia

Sounds like: t, tenia

Derived forms: tenias, teniae

Type of: cestode, hairband, headband, tapeworm

Part of: genus Taenia

Encyclopedia: Tenia