Nematoda

a class of worms, Modern Latin compound of nemat- "thread" (from Greek nema, genitive nematos "thread," from stem of nein "to spin;" see needle (n.)) + -odes "like, of the nature of" (see -oid).

Examples from the Web for nematoda

Historical Examples of nematoda

In the Nematoda the generative organs are derived from the division of a single cell which would appear to be mesoblastic.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume III (of 4)
Francis Maitland Balfour
Observations on the development to egg-laying maturity of Gongylonema pulchrum (Nematoda: Spiruridae) in the guinea pig.
The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches
Louis M. Roth
New avian and insect hosts for Gongylonema ingluvicola (Nematoda: Spiruridae).
The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches
Louis M. Roth
The male has two spicules, and there is some doubt as to whether it should be placed with the Desmoscolecida or with the Nematoda.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2
Various
Extramammalian phase of Physaloptera maxillaris Molin, 1860 (Nematoda).
The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches
Louis M. Roth

nematoda in Medicine

Nematoda

[nĕm′ə-tō′də]

n.

A phylum of worms including species parasitic in humans and plants as well as free-living nonparasitic species in soil or water. It includes the intestinal roundworms and filarial roundworms.