Worms

[wurmz, vawrms]

noun

1. a city in E Rhineland-Palatinate, in SW Germany.

2. Diet of, the council, or diet, held here (1521) at which Luther was condemned as a heretic.

Worms

¹

/ vɔrms, wɜːmz /

noun

1. a city in SW Germany, in Rhineland-Palatinate on the Rhine: famous as the seat of imperial diets, notably that of 1521, before which Luther defended his doctrines in the presence of Charles V; river port and manufacturing centre with a large wine trade. Pop: 81 100 (2003 est)

worms

²

/ wɜːmz /

noun

1. (functioning as singular) any disease or disorder, usually of the intestine, characterized by infestation with parasitic worms

Example Sentences

“They lived on less than a pound of moldy flour a week. When boiled with a little water, without anything else, big maggots and worms must be skimmed off the top,” wrote one of the colonists, Roger Oswald.

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In laboratory experiments, a team led by Jinghui Luo at the Center for Life Sciences at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI showed that spermine can extend the lifespan of small nematode worms, improve their movement as they age, and strengthen their cellular power plants, the mitochondria.

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In experiments, researchers led by study leader Jinghui Luo, in the Center for Life Sciences at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI, have discovered that this substance is capable of extending the life span of small nematode worms, improving their mobility in old age, and strengthening the powerhouses of their cells - the mitochondria.

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The rocks are densely covered by Bathymodiolus mussels, tube worms, shrimp, amphipods, and vivid purple sea cucumbers.

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"Believe it or not, most of the central ideas and types of metabolism we study are conserved from worms to people," said Leiser.

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