tapeworm
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/ˈteɪpwɜːrm/
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/ˈteɪpwɜːm/
A type of worm that is long and flat and lives inside the guts of people or animals, sometimes causing them to feel sick.
After feeling unwell for weeks, it was discovered that the cause was a tapeworm living in her intestines.