stomach worm

English

Noun

stomach worm (plural stomach worms)

1. A common roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides), sometimes found in the human intestine, and rarely in the stomach.
2. Any of other parasitic worms, such as Dispharynx nasuta.

Derived terms

• 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

• 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.