The term 527 refers to a section of the Internal Revenue Code governing a type of tax-exempt political organization. 527s are typically federal organizations created to influence or attempt to influence the selection, nomination, election, or appointment of candidates.
A disease caused by eating undercooked meat, usually pork, that contains trichinae, which develop as adults in the intestines and as larvae in the muscles, causing intestinal disorders, fever, nausea, muscular pain, and edema of the face. Also called trichinellosis.
Also found in: Dictionary, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia. trichiasis. 1. a condition of ingrowing hairs about an orifice. 2. inversion of the eyelashes, characterized by excessive tearing and the sensation of a foreign body in the eye. 3. the appearance of hairlike filaments in the urine.