whipworm

Definitions

1. Any of the genus Trichuris of roundworms that infect certain mammals
   countable, uncountable
2. Trichuris trichiura, a roundworm, causing trichuriasis when it infects a human large intestine.
   countable, uncountable
3. Trichuriasis, infection by members of the genus Trichuris.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Dr. Elliott said that in Argentina, researchers found that patients with multiple sclerosis who were infected with the human whipworm had milder cases and fewer flare-ups of their disease over a period of four and a half years.”

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