whipworm
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]whipworm (countable and uncountable, plural whipworms)
- Any of the genus Trichuris of roundworms that infect certain mammals
- (medicine) Trichuris trichiura, a roundworm, causing trichuriasis when it infects a human large intestine.
- 2009 January 27, Jane E. Brody, “Babies Know: A Little Dirt Is Good for You”, in New York Times[1]:
- Dr. Elliott said that in Argentina, researchers found that patients with multiple sclerosis who were infected with the human whipworm had milder cases and fewer flare-ups of their disease over a period of four and a half years.
- (medicine) Trichuris trichiura, a roundworm, causing trichuriasis when it infects a human large intestine.
- Trichuriasis, infection by members of the genus Trichuris.
Hypernyms
[edit]Hyponyms
[edit]- (Trichuris): canine whipworm (Trichuris vulpis), cat whipworm (Trichuris campanula, Trichuris serrata), dog whipworm (Trichuris vulpis), mouse whipworm (Trichuris muris), pig whipworm (Trichuris suis)
Translations
[edit]Trichuris trichiura
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References
[edit]whipworm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Trichuris on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Trichuris trichiura on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Trichuris on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons