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whipworms

whipworms is the plural of whipworm.

Meaning of whipworm

Noun

whipworm (countable and uncountable, plural whipworms)

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

Questions about whipworms

What is whipworms the plural of?
Whipworms is the plural of whipworm.

Words near whipworms in the dictionary

  1. whiptail stingrays
  2. whiptail wallabies
  3. whiptail wallaby
  4. whiptails
  5. whipworm
  6. whipworms
  7. whipwort
  8. whipworthy
  9. whir
  10. Whirily
  11. whirl

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