See Also: Toxocara(medicine)
toxocara(dictionary)
Toxocara canis(medicine)
Toxocara mystax(medicine)

toxocara (iou)



toxocara noun. Also Toxocara. M20.
[mod. Latin (see below), from TOXO-1 + Greek kara head.]
Chiefly Veterinary Medicine. Any of various parasitic nematode worms of the genus Toxocara, esp. T. canis and T. cati, which are the common roundworms of dogs and cats respectively and are transmissible to humans. Also, toxocariasis.
toxocaral adjective M20.
toxocariasis noun, pl. -ases, infestation with any nematode worm of the genus Toxocara, the larvae of which can cause damage to various tissues and organs including the eye M20.