ascaris

American  

[as-kuh-ris] / ˈæs kə rɪs /

noun

• ascarides
  plural

1. any parasitic roundworm of the genus Ascaris, found in the human small intestine and causing colic and diarrhea.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• ascarides
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of ascaris

< New Latin (Linnaeus), the genus < Greek ascarís intestinal worm; compare earlier, late Middle English ascarides (plural) < Medieval Latin < Greek

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Example Sentences

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ascaris ascarides

The appearance of the ascaris in the dog's stools is, of course, the diagnostic symptom.

From Dogs and All about Them by Robert Leighton

A smaller, darker colored worm, called the needle-worm, or ascaris, inhabits the larger intestines.

From Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. by Richard L. Allen

Linnæus divides it into five orders: I. Intestina, Intestinal Animals: simple, naked, and destitute of limbs: for example, the earth-worm, the guinea-worm, the leech, and the ascaris: 7 genera, 24 species.

From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by William MacGillivray

Pole mentions the expulsion of 441 lumbricoid worms in thirty-four days, and Fauconneau-Dufresne has reported a most remarkable case in which 5000 ascarides were discharged in less than three years, mostly by vomiting.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

Liebermeister calls attention to the frequency with which ascarides are found in the intestines of those who die of perforation, and is inclined to think they may have something to do with causing it.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

The number of ascarides or round-worms in one subject is sometimes enormous.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

The species mentioned specifically are lumbrici and ascarides or cucubitini, though the terms long, round, short and broad are also employed, and probably include the tape worm or taenia lata.

From Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century by Henry Ebenezer Handerson

He was destroyed, and one of these ascarides was found in the trachea.

From The Dog by William Youatt

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