combining form of L. tænia ribbon, often contracted to tæni- (also erron. tænia-). Tæniiphobia [-PHOBIA], morbid fear of tapeworm. Tæni(i)cide (also tæniacide) [-CIDE 2], a destroyer of tapeworms, a tænifuge. Tæni(i)form a. [-FORM], having the form of a tape or ribbon, tænioid. Tænifuge (also tæniafuge) [-FUGE], sb. a substance used to expel tapeworms from the body; adj. expelling tapeworms.
1897. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., II. 1020. The belief that a worm is present either where no worm had ever existed, or after its complete expulsion—a sort of *tæniaphobia.
1857. Dunglison, Med. Dict., 898/2. *Tæniacide … Tænicide.
1885. Lancet, 26 Sept., 568. A Canadian doctor has recently advocated the use of glycerine as a tæniacide.
1872. H. C. Wood, Fresh-water Algæ (1874), 101. Conjoined in filiform or *tæniform fascia.
1857. Dunglison, Med. Dict., 898/2. *Tæniafuge … Tenifuge.
1866. A. Flint, Princ. Med. (1880), 575. The male fern (filix mas) is a taenifuge.
1881. trans. Trousseau & Pidoux’ Treat. Therap. (ed. 9), III. 353. Experiments upon the tænifuge virtues of the [pomegranate-root] bark.
