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noun
A disease of humans caused by the parasitic roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides in humans and by other species of Ascaris in other mammals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
infestation of the human intestine with Ascaris roundworms
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: infestation
History
From ascar- + -iasis.
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
