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trichuriasis (medicine) and archetype (oh)


trichuriasis (medicine)


trichuriasis
<microbiology> An infection of the large intestine by Trichuris trichiura. It may be the most common helminthic infection found in Americans returning from subtropical and tropical areas.

Children and the mentally retarded have the highest rate of infection due to a General lack of sanitary habits. The worms are 30-50 mm in length and attach themselves to the mucosa of the large intestine. Adult worms may live 4-8 years. Treatment is with mebendazole.


archetype (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: archetypum, from Greek, from archein ( ARCH-) + typos 'type']
a perfect example of something, because it has all the most important qualities of things that belong to that type
archetype of
::France is the archetype of the centralized nation-state.
-- archetypal /7B:kI5taIpEl ?@ 7B:r-/ adj
::Byron was the archetypal Romantic hero.