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lumbric

lumbric noun: an intestinal parasitic worm.

Noun

lumbric (plural lumbrics)

  1. (obsolete) An intestinal parasitic worm.
    • The next day, while at stool, the patient discharged a lumbrics followed by the expulsion of two more, during the day, without faecal discharge ; treatment continued. The third day, another lumbric was expelled; the fourth, two others, &c, in all, ten lumbrics.1859 July, William Farell, “Santonine in Verminous Affections”, in The Southern Medical and Surgical Journal, volume 15, page 472

Forms of lumbric

plurallumbrics

Origin of lumbric

Latin lumbricus.

Questions about lumbric

What does lumbric mean?
Lumbric means an intestinal parasitic worm.
What part of speech is lumbric?
Lumbric is a noun.
What is the plural of lumbric?
The plural of lumbric is lumbrics.

Words near lumbric in the dictionary

  1. lumbotomy
  2. lumboventricular
  3. lumbovertebral
  4. Lumbreras
  5. Lumbrerases
  6. lumbric
  7. lumbrical
  8. lumbricalis
  9. lumbricals
  10. lumbricid
  11. lumbricids

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