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

inquire (oh) and toxocara (iou)


inquire (oh)



[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: enquerre, from Latin inquirere, from quaerere 'to look for']
to ask someone for information
::'Why are you doing that?' the boy inquired.
inquire about
::I am Writing to inquire about your advertisement in The Times.
inquire whether/why/how etc
::The waiter inquired whether we would like to sit near the window.
inquire sth of sb
::'Where's the station?' she inquired of a passer-by.
::Toby would have liked to inquire further (=ask more questions) .
::I did not inquire the reason for his lateness.
-- inquirer n [C]
inquire after / [inquire after sb/sth] phr v
to ask about someone's Health, what they are doing etc
::He called me aside to inquire after my daughter.
inquire into [inquire into sth] phr v
to ask questions in order to get more information about something
::The investigation will inquire into the company's financial dealings.

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.