whipworm

English

a whipworm (Trichuris trichiura)

Etymology

whip +‎ worm

Noun

whipworm (countable and uncountable, plural whipworms)

1. Any of the genus Trichuris of roundworms that infect certain mammals
   1. (medicine) Trichuris trichiura, a roundworm, causing trichuriasis when it infects a human large intestine.
      • 2009 January 27, Jane E. Brody, “Babies Know: A Little Dirt Is Good for You”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

        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.

2. Trichuriasis, infection by members of the genus Trichuris.

Hypernyms

• (Trichuris): roundworm, nematode

Hyponyms

• (Trichuris): canine whipworm (Trichuris vulpis), cat whipworm (Trichuris campanula, Trichuris serrata), dog whipworm (Trichuris vulpis), mouse whipworm (Trichuris muris), pig whipworm (Trichuris suis)

Translations

Trichuris trichiura

• Finnish: piiskamato
• Hungarian: ostorféreg

References

• whipworm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Trichuris on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Trichuris trichiura on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Trichuris on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons