See Also: ascaris(medicine)
Ascaris(health)
ascaris(dictionary)
Ascaris equorum(medicine)
Ascaris lumbricoides(medicine)
Ascaris suum(medicine)

ascaris (iou)



ascaris noun. . LME.
[mod. Latin from Greek askaris, pl. -ides, intestinal worm.]
A parasitic nematode worm of the genus Ascaris; esp. A. lumbricoides, parasitic in man.
Also ascarid noun [back-form. from pl. ascarides] L17.