lợn gạo

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Definition

1. Noun:
   • "Rice pork" / measly pork: A pig, or pork meat from a pig, infected with the larval cysts of the tapeworm Taenia solium. These cysts, called cysticerci, are small, white, and resemble grains of rice embedded in the muscle tissue.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Thịt lợn gạo rất nguy hiểm nếu ăn phải khi chưa nấu chín kỹ. (Measly pork is very dangerous if eaten when not thoroughly cooked.)
  • Người bán hàng bị phạt vì bán lợn gạo. (The vendor was fined for selling infected pork.)
  • Kiểm tra thịt kỹ để phát hiện lợn gạo. (Inspect the meat carefully to detect "rice pork.")

Advanced Usage

• The term is used almost exclusively in the context of food safety, veterinary medicine, and public health warnings.
• It describes the specific pathological condition of the meat itself, not a breed of pig.

Variants and Related Words

• Bệnh lợn gạo (n): Porcine cysticercosis (the disease in pigs).
  • Bệnh lợn gạo ảnh hưởng đến an toàn thực phẩm. (Porcine cysticercosis affects food safety.)
• Ấu trùng sán (n): Tapeworm larva / cysticercus.
  • Thịt chứa ấu trùng sán được gọi là thịt lợn gạo. (Meat containing tapeworm larvae is called measly pork.)

Synonyms

• Measly pork
• Cysticercosis-infected pork

Related Public Health Concepts

• Cysticercosis: The tissue infection caused by the larval cysts. In humans, it can occur if they ingest the eggs, which is a different disease from getting the adult tapeworm from eating undercooked pork.
• Taeniasis: The intestinal infection of the adult tapeworm in humans, contracted from eating undercooked infected pork.
• Food-borne parasite: A parasite transmitted through contaminated food.