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Meaning of whipworm | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

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

Suomi piiskamato
Русский власогла́в
Türkçe kırbaç kurdu

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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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