Ascariasis Definition

ăskə-rīə-sĭs
ascariases
noun
Infestation with ascarids or a disease caused by this; esp., infestation of the intestines by a particular roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides)
Webster's New World
Infestation with or disease caused by the parasitic roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides.
American Heritage Medicine

A disease of humans caused by the parasitic roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides in humans and by other species of Ascaris in other mammals.

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Other Word Forms of Ascariasis

Noun

Singular:
ascariasis
Plural:
ascariases

Origin of Ascariasis

  • ascar(id) –iasis

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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