English Explanatory Dictionary

whipworm

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the genus Trichuris of roundworms that infect certain mammals
  2. Trichuris trichiura, a roundworm, causing trichuriasis when it infects a human large intestine.
  3. Trichuriasis, infection by members of the genus Trichuris.

Word forms

whipworm whipworms

Etymology

From whip + worm.

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