In the end, you see, sorrow is like a tapeworm: what you have to do is to get it out of your body.
Source: tatoeba (6133887)
Tapeworm
/ˈteɪpˌwɝm/
Synonyms for "tapeworm" (39 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (12)
earthwormechiuroideaectoproctaemptinessempty stomachentoproctafishwormhelminthhollow hungerhungerhungrinessinchworm
Related words (19)
Noun(4 words)
measuring wormmonoplacophoranemertineanight crawlernightwalkerphoronideapolydipsiarelishstomachsweet toothtastethirstthirstinesstorment of tantalusworm
Related word relations
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More general
5 entriesMore specific
4 entriesCollocations
6 entriesbeef tapewormfish tapewormhuman tapewormintestinal tapewormpork tapewormtapeworm infection
Inflections
1 entriesTranslations
67 translations across 46 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀσκαρίς noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
Breton
1 entries- lenkernenn-vras noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
Bulgarian
1 entries- тения noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
Catalan
1 entries- tènia noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 絛蟲 /绦虫 noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
Czech
1 entries- tasemnice noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
Danish
1 entries- bendelorm noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
Dutch
1 entries- lintworm noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
Finnish
1 entries- heisimato noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
French
1 entries- ver solitaire noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
Galician
1 entries- tenia noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
German
1 entries- Bandwurm noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
Greek
1 entries- ταινία noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
Hebrew
1 entries- שרשור noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
Hungarian
3 entries- bélféreg noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
- galandféreg noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
- giliszta noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
Icelandic
1 entries- bandormur noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
Ingush
1 entries- богуз noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
Irish
2 entries- cailleach ghoile noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
- péist ribíneach noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
Italian
3 entries- cenuro noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
- tenia noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
- verme solitario noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
Japanese
2 entries- サナダムシ noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
- 真田虫 noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
Korean
2 entries- 도충 noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
- 촌충 noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
Latin
1 entries- taenia noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
Latvian
1 entries- lentenis noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
Norman
1 entries- vèr solitaithe noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- bendelorm noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- bendelmakk noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
- bendelmark noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
- bendelorm noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
Old Armenian
1 entries- որդն միայնուկ noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- اوبور noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Bauntworm noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
Polish
1 entries- tasiemiec noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
Portuguese
3 entries- bicha-solitária noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
- ténia noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
- tênia noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
Quechua
2 entries- kinwara noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
- unkaka noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
Russian
1 entries- ле́нточный червь noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- bèist-dà-leann noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- pantljičara noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
- trakavica noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
- trakulja noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
Slovene
1 entries- trakulja noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
Spanish
4 entries- cestodo noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
- céstodo noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
- lombriz solitaria noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
- tenia noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
Swedish
2 entries- bandmask noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
- binnikemask noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
Tagalog
2 entries- tenya noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
- ulyabid noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
Tamil
1 entries- நாடாப்புழு noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
Telugu
1 entries- బద్దెపురుగు noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
Turkish
3 entries- abdestbozan noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
- tenya noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
- şerit noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
Ukrainian
1 entries- стьожко́вий черв noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
Vietnamese
1 entries- sán noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
Waigali
1 entries- tëćiv noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
Welsh
1 entries- llyngyren ruban noun (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
When Luis Ortiz, 26, of Napa, California, arrived at the hospital complaining of a headache and nausea, doctors were shocked to find a tapeworm larva had been living in his brain.
Source: tatoeba (11518193)
A tapeworm can live in your intestines for years.
Source: tatoeba (12715717)
We used to have a lot of tapeworm down in my neck of the woods, but we don't have much now.
Source: wiktionary