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Type genus of the family Ascaridae roundworms with a three-lipped mouth
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ascaris
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Ascaris is a genus of parasitic nematode worms known as the "small intestinal roundworms", which is a type of helminth . One species, Ascaris lumbricoides , affects humans and causes the disease ascariasis . Another species, Ascaris suum , typically infects ...
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Ascaris \Ascaris\ n. 1. 1 the type genus of the family Ascaridae: roundworms with a three-lipped mouth. Syn: genus Ascaris .
Usage examples of ascaris.
Pole mentions the expulsion of 441 lumbricoid worms in thirty-four days, and Fauconneau-Dufresne has reported a most remarkable case in which 5000 ascarides were discharged in less than three years, mostly by vomiting.
The older records contain instances of continued infantile priapism caused by the constant irritation of ascarides and also records of prolonged priapism associated with intense agony and spasmodic cramps.
Delisle mentions a young person who during a whole year passed pieces of ascarides and tenia, during which time he could not endure music.
It has little effect upon tape-worm, but is good for Ascaris lumbricoides and in slightly less degree for the smaller Oxyuris vermicularis.
In the period from 1955 to 1964 he published a series of elegant metabolic studies on Ascaris and Necator that were highly regarded by other workers in the field.