ROUNDWORM
Definition:
- [noun] infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches
Synonyms: tinea, ringworm
- [noun] unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic
Synonyms: nematode, nematode worm
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Related Words:
- dhobi itch
- kerion
- tinea pedis, athlete's foot
- tinea barbae, barber's itch
- tinea capitis
- tinea corporis
- tinea cruris, jock itch, eczema marginatum
- tinea unguium
- common roundworm, Ascaris lumbricoides
- chicken roundworm, Ascaridia galli
- pinworm, threadworm, Enterobius vermicularis
- eelworm
- wheatworm, wheat eel, wheat eelworm, Tylenchus tritici
- trichina, Trichinella spiralis
- hookworm
- filaria
- Guinea worm, Dracunculus medinensis
