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threadworm /thread·worm/ (thred´werm) any long slender nematode, especially Enterobius vermicularis.

thread·worm (thr

d

wûrm

)

n.

1. A nematode of the genus Strongyloides, parasitic in the small intestine of mammals.

2. See pinworm.

Threadworm

Any long, thin nematode worm.

Mentioned in: Antihelminthic Drugs

threadworm.

See Enterobius vermicularis, Acanthocheilonema perstans.

threadworm

any nematode worm.

abdominal threadworm

setariaequina.

threadworm

1 Pinworm, see there 2. Strongyloides stercoralis

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