stomach worm
English
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Noun
[edit]stomach worm (plural stomach worms)
- A common roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides), sometimes found in the human intestine, and rarely in the stomach.
- Any of other parasitic worms, such as Dispharynx nasuta.
Derived terms
[edit]- brown stomach worm (Teladorsagia circumcincta)
- large stomach worm (Haemonchus placei)
- lesser stomach worm (Ostertagia ostertagi)
- red stomach worm (Hyostrongylus rubidus)
- small stomach worm (Teladorsagia axei)
- giant stomach worm (Hirudinella ventricosa)
- twisted stomach worm (Haemonchus contortus)
References
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stomach worm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Ascaris lumbricoides on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Ascaris lumbricoides on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - “stomach”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
