| common roundworm | | |
| n. (animal) | 1. ascaris lumbricoides, common roundworm | intestinal parasite of humans and pigs. |
| ~ nematode, nematode worm, roundworm | unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic. |
| ~ ascaris, genus ascaris | type genus of the family Ascaridae: roundworms with a three-lipped mouth. |
| roundworm | | |
| n. (state) | 1. ringworm, roundworm, tinea | infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches. |
| ~ dhobi itch | fungal infection attacking moist parts of the body. |
| ~ kerion | ringworm infection of the hair follicles of the scalp and beard that usually results in a swelling that is covered with pustules and oozes fluid. |
| ~ athlete's foot, tinea pedis | fungal infection of the feet. |
| ~ barber's itch, tinea barbae | fungal infection of the face and neck. |
| ~ tinea capitis | fungal infection of the scalp characterized by bald patches. |
| ~ tinea corporis | fungal infection of nonhairy parts of the skin. |
| ~ eczema marginatum, jock itch, tinea cruris | fungal infection of the groin (most common in men). |
| ~ tinea unguium | fungal infection of the nails (especially toenails). |
| ~ fungal infection, mycosis | an inflammatory condition caused by a fungus. |
| n. (animal) | 2. nematode, nematode worm, roundworm | unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic. |
| ~ worm | any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae. |
| ~ aschelminthes, nematoda, phylum aschelminthes, phylum nematoda | unsegmented worms: roundworms; threadworms; eelworms. |
| ~ ascaris lumbricoides, common roundworm | intestinal parasite of humans and pigs. |
| ~ ascaridia galli, chicken roundworm | intestinal parasite of domestic fowl. |
| ~ enterobius vermicularis, pinworm, threadworm | small threadlike worm infesting human intestines and rectum especially in children. |
| ~ eelworm | any of various small free-living plant-parasitic roundworms. |
| ~ tylenchus tritici, wheat eel, wheat eelworm, wheatworm | small roundworm parasitic on wheat. |
| ~ trichina, trichinella spiralis | parasitic nematode occurring in the intestines of pigs and rats and human beings and producing larvae that form cysts in skeletal muscles. |
| ~ hookworm | parasitic bloodsucking roundworms having hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of human and other hosts. |
| ~ filaria | slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects. |
| ~ dracunculus medinensis, guinea worm | parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates. |
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