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lumbrics

lumbrics is the plural of lumbric.

Meaning of lumbric

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

Questions about lumbrics

What is lumbrics the plural of?
Lumbrics is the plural of lumbric.

Words near lumbrics in the dictionary

  1. lumbriciform
  2. lumbricine
  3. lumbricines
  4. lumbricoid
  5. lumbricous
  6. lumbrics
  7. lumbriculid
  8. lumbriculids
  9. lumbrinerid
  10. lumbrinerids
  11. lumbrokinase

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