A flat, ribbon-like anatomical band of tissue, especially one of the three longitudinal bands of smooth muscle on the colon (taenia coli). The taenia coli contract to aid the movement of material through the large intestine.
Any tapeworm belonging to the genus Taenia; a cestode. The veterinarian administered medicine to eliminate taenia from the dog’s intestines.
A small fillet or band that separates the frieze from the architrave in a Doric entablature. The classical temple featured a narrow taenia just beneath the triglyphs.