dracunculus

Borrowed from Latin dracunculus, diminutive of draco (“dragon”).

A Guinea worm (Filaria medinensis, now Dracunculus medinensis).


heartworm

en-noun

heartworm (countable and uncountable, plural heartworms)

(veterinary medicine) A parasitic organism that afflicts dogs, of species Dirofilaria immitis of roundworms.


trichinosis

trichinosis (countable and uncountable, plural trichinoses)

From New Latin trichinōsis. By surface analysis, trichina + -osis.

(pathology) A disease characterized by headache, chills, fever, and soreness of muscles, caused by the presence of nematodes of genus Trichinella in the intestines and muscular tissues.


nematode

Derived from Ancient Greek νηματώδης (nēmatṓdēs, “fibrous, in filaments”), from νῆμα (nêma, “thread, yarn”) + -ώδης (-ṓdēs, “-like”).

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Nematodes are free-living, soil-dwelling microscopic worms.

2020, Brandon Taylor, Real Life, Daunt Books Originals, page 7:

(zoology) A worm of the large phylum Nematoda, such as a roundworm or threadworm.


roundworm

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An invertebrate animal of the phylum Nematoda and other similar phyla. Many species of roundworms are parasites.


elephantiasis

en-noun

elephantiasis (usually uncountable, plural elephantiases)

elephantiases (plural)
elephantitis (alternative)
elephantitus (alternative)

From Latin elephantiasis or directly from Ancient Greek ἐλεφᾰντῐ́ᾱσῐς (elephăntĭ́āsĭs).

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ἐλεφᾰντῐ́ᾱσῐς

(pathology) A complication of chronic filariasis, in which nematode worms block the lymphatic vessels, usually in the legs or scrotum, causing extreme enlargement of the infected area.


filariasis

en-noun

filariasis (countable and uncountable, plural filariases)

Any disease common in tropical and subtropical countries resulting from infestation of the lymphatic system with nematode worms of the superfamily Filarioidea, transmitted by mosquitoes: characterised by inflammation.

lymphatic filariasis caused by Wuchereria bancrofti

subcutaneous filariasis caused by Loa loa

serous cavity filariasis caused by Mansonella perstans and Mansonella ozzardi


filaria

/fɪˈlɛəɹi.ə/

19th century, from translingual Filaria (name of type genus), from Latin filum (“thread”).

Any of the parasitic nematode worms of superfamily Filarioidea that lives in the blood of vertebrates and is transmitted by insects: the cause of filariasis.


hookworm

hookworm (countable and uncountable, plural hookworms)

en:any of several parasitic roundworm genera

(countable) Any of various parasitic bloodsucking roundworms which cause disease, especially the species Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus, having hooked mouthparts and entering their hosts by boring through the skin.


earcockle

A disease of wheat and rye caused by a nematode of species Anguina tritici, in which the ears blacken and contract.


tulip root

A disease, caused by a nematode, that causes swelling of the roots of oats


trichina

trichina (plural trichinas or trichinae)

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek τρίχινος (tríkhinos, “of hair”), from θρίξ (thríx, “hair”).

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Any of several parasitic roundworms, of the genus Trichinella, that infect the intestines and cause trichinosis


eelworm

A nematode, or roundworm, especially any that resemble small eels and feed on plants.

nematode

a nematode, or roundworm, especially any that resemble small eels


sorehead

en-noun

sorehead (countable and uncountable, plural soreheads)

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From sore + head, perhaps specifically from the simile like (or mad as) a bear with a sore head.

Sorehead is a prevailing trouble in Hawaii, but I am convinced that much sorehead, if not all of it, can be averted if we keep our chicks off the ground until they are at least three months old.

1905, F. L. Hoogs, Paradise of the Pacific, volumes 18-19, page 45:

1922, University of Hawaii (Honolulu), Agricultural Dept, Annual Report of the Agricultural Department, Volume 4, page 103,
The two principal causes of death among chicks has been sorehead and coccidiosis.

Such ailments as sorehead and pip also took their toll. Children learned early not to throw watermelon rinds where the chickens could peck them: pecking watermelon rinds gave chickens sorehead.

1977, Kathryn Tucker Windham, Southern Cooking to Remember, page 106:


threadworm

Strongyloides stercoralis
Strongyloides stercoralis#Translingual

A parasitic roundworm, Strongyloides stercoralis, which causes strongyloidiasis.


pinworm

Any of several nematode worms, of the family Oxyuridae, that are parasitic to mammals

kihomato (human pinworm, Enterobius vermicularis)

蟯虫

ぎょうちゅう, gyōchū, じょうちゅう, jōchū


onchocerciasis

onchocerciasis (countable and uncountable, plural onchocerciases)

/ɒŋkəsɜːˈkaɪəsɪs/

From New Latin Onchocerca (a genus of parasitic worms), from Ancient Greek ὄγκος (ónkos, “barb”) + κέρκος (kérkos, “tail”) + -iasis.

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(pathology) A disease caused by a worm of the genus Onchocerca, especially as transmitted to humans by flies and often causing blindness; common in tropical Africa.


filarial

/fɪˈlɛəɹɪəl/

the filarial flight of birds


lungworm

Any of the diverse species of nematode worms that are parasitic to mammalian lungs, principally found in the superfamilies Metastrongylidae and Trichostrongyloidea in order Strongylida.


guinea-worm

guinea-worms (plural)
Guinea worm (alternative)
Guinea-worm (alternative)
guinea worm (alternative)

the rishta-doctors patiently removing guinea-worms, making an incision, trapping the three-foot-long creature's head in a cleft at the end of a stick, and then slowly winding it out of the incision

2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 889:

A long, white parasitic worm, of species Dracunculus medinensis, which can live in human skin.


polymyarian

Of or pertaining to the nematode worms that have many longitudinal rows of muscle cells.


ascarid

From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin Ascarididae. By surface analysis, ascar- + -id.

Any phasmid nematode of the family Ascarididae (Ascaridae)

ascáride

any nematode of the family Ascarididae (Ascaridae)


ascaroside

Realized as ascar- + -ose + -ide rather than ascarylose + -ide.

(biochemistry) Any of a group of glycolipids, containing the sugar ascarylose, found in some nematode worms


filaricide

From translingual Filaria + -cide, type genus of the superfamily Filarioidea.

A pesticide that kills nematodes of the superfamily Filarioidea.


microfilaria

(biology) The very small larva of a filarial worm.


nematoid

(zoology) A member of the Nematoida clade, that is Nematoda or Nematomorpha


nematology

(biology) The branch of biology that studies nematode roundworms


nematophagous

/nɛməˈtɒfəɡəs/


ancylostomiasis

en-noun

ancylostomiasis (countable and uncountable, plural ancylostomiases)

ancylostomiases (plural)
anchylostomiasis (alternative)
ankylostomiasis (alternative)


whipworm

whipworm (countable and uncountable, plural whipworms)

Trichuriasis, infection by members of the genus Trichuris.


trichuriasis

trichuriasis (countable and uncountable, plural trichuriases)

(medicine) A parasitic disease caused by infection of the large intestine by a whipworm


redworm

A parasitic worm of the family Strongylidae, which causes anaemia in many vertebrates.


sandworm

(US) A clam worm or ragworm, of species Alitta virens.


strongyle

strongyles (plural)
strongyl (alternative)

From a translingual taxonomic name derived from the generic name Strongylus, from Ancient Greek στρογγύλος (strongúlos, “round”).

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gastrointestinal tract
gastrointestinal tract

A nematode worm of the family Strongylidae, often parasitic in the gastrointestinal tract of mammals, especially horses


maw-worm

Any of several parasitic worms which infest the mammalian stomach and intestines, especially a nematode.

suolistomato

parasitic worm which infests the stomach


anisakiasis

(pathology) The disease caused by infection with Anisakis worms (usually through eating raw fish), characterised by violent abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting.


ascariasis

en-noun

ascariasis (countable and uncountable, plural ascariases)

Ascaris lumbricoides
Ascaris lumbricoides#Translingual

A disease of humans caused by the parasitic roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides in humans and by other species of Ascaris in other mammals.

askaridozo

a disease of humans caused by the parasitic roundworms Ascaris


antinematodal

Serving to prevent or counteract nematodes.


nematocidal

en-adj

nematocidal (comparative more nematocidal, superlative most nematocidal)

more nematocidal (comparative)
most nematocidal (superlative)
nematicidal (alternative)

Acting as a nematocide; fatal to nematodes.


blood worm

blood worms (plural)
bloodworm (alternative)

toke moana

a carnivorous marine worm of the genus Glyceris found living in estuarine muds.

A blackworm of species Lumbriculus variegatus.

A roundworm of species Strongylus vulgaris, a common parasite of horses.

A parasitic roundworm of species Angiostrongylus cantonensis.


gapeworm

A parasitic nematode worm (Syngamus trachea), that infects the tracheas of some birds and causes the disease gapes.


giant roundworm

en-noun

giant roundworm (plural giant roundworms)

A species of roundworm, Ascaris lumbricoides, the largest and most common parasitic worm in humans, causing ascariasis.


filanders

French filandres, from Latin filum (“thread”).

(falconry, obsolete) A disease in hawks, characterized by the presence of small thread-like worms and of filaments of coagulated blood, from the rupture of a vein.


oxyurid

(zoology) Any of the order Oxyurida of nematode worms.


wheatworm

Anguina tritici, a nematode worm that attacks wheat.


backworm

The Indian falcon is sick of the backworm

(obsolete) The thread-like worm found in filanders, the disease of hawks.


strongyloid

en-adj

strongyloid (comparative more strongyloid, superlative most strongyloid)

more strongyloid (comparative)
most strongyloid (superlative)

(zoology) Like, or relating to genus Strongylus of parasitic nematode worms.


acuariid

(zoology) Any nematode in the family Acuariidae.


ancylostomatid

(zoology) Any member of the family Ancylostomatidae of hookworms.


anisakid

The anisakid nematodes Anisakis simplex (Rudolphi, 1809), Pseudoterranova decipiens (Krabbe, 1878) and Contracaecum osculatum (Rudolphi, 1802) occur as third-stage larvae in marine fish products and may infect consumers ingesting raw or under-cooked fish products.

2016 September 18, Kurt Buchmann, Foojan Mehrdana, “Effects of anisakid nematodes Anisakis simplex (s.l.), Pseudoterranova decipiens (s.l.) and Contracaecum osculatum (s.l.) on fish and consumer health”, in ScienceDirect:

(zoology) Any nematode in the family Anisakidae; they can cause anisakiasis among humans who eat infected raw fish.


ascaridid

(zoology) Any of the parasitic nematodes in the family Ascarididae.


cosmocercid

(zoology) Any nematode in the family Cosmocercidae.


diplotriaenid

(zoology) Any nematode in the family Diplotriaenidae.


heteroderid

(zoology) Any nematode in the family Heteroderidae.


hoplolaimid

(zoology) Any nematode in the family Hoplolaimidae.


kathlaniid

(zoology) Any nematode in the family Kathlaniidae.


mermithid

Mermithids are occasionally found, but spirurids, so common in the above 2 groups, are lacking in the Grylloidea, as are other groups of nematodes.

1975, George O. Poinar, Entomogenous Nematodes: A Manual and Host List of Insect-nematode Associations:

(zoology) Any member of the family Mermithidae of nematode worms that are endoparasites in arthropods.


metastrongylid

(zoology) Any nematode in the family Metastrongylidae.


geohelminth

Any of various soil-transmitted parasitic nematodes


onchocercid

(zoology) Any nematode in the family Onchocercidae.


paurodontid

(zoology) Any nematode in the family Paurodontidae.


rhabditid

Many rhabditids are able to form a third stage resistant juvenile (dauer) which also may serve as an infective stage.

1975, George O. Poinar, Jr., Entomogenous Nematodes: A Manual and Host List of Insect-Nematode Associations, page 59:

The phylogenetic relationship of C. elegans and other rhabditids reviews what is known so far about the closer relationships within the rhabditids and within genus Caenorhabditis in particular.

2014, N. G. Ravichandra, Horticultural Nematology, Springer India, page 17:

However, the small rhabditids are actually much more prolific because of the speed at which they complete their life cycles.

2012, Alan F. Bird, Jean Bird, The Structure of Nematodes, page 230:

(zoology) nematode in the family Rhabditidae.

Reptiles are known to harbor three important genera of rhabditids: Entomelas, Rhabdias, and Strongyloides.

2007, David G. Baker, editor, Flynn's Parasites of Laboratory Animals, 2nd edition, page 187:

(zoology) Any nematode in the order Rhabditida.


spirurid

Representatives of the Mermithidae are the most common nematode parasites of tettigoniids, however spirurids and more rarely, subulurids and thelastomatids, also occur in some members of this family.

(zoology) Any nematode in the family Spiruridae.


subulurid

(zoology) Any member of the family Subuluridae of nematodes.


syngamid

(zoology) Any in the family Syngamidae of nematodes.


tetradonematid

(zoology) Any nematode in the family Tetradonematidae.


tetramerid

(zoology) Any nematode in the family Tetrameridae.


thelaziid

(zoology) Any nematode in the family Thelaziidae.


toxocarid

(zoology)Any roundworm in the family Toxocaridae.


trichinellid

(zoology) Any member of the family Trichinellidae, roundworms that cause trichinosis.


trichurid

(zoology) Any member of the Trichuridae.


loiasis

loasis (alternative)
loaiasis (alternative)

(pathology) An infection caused by the nematode Loa loa, normally transmitted by various flies


wuchereriasis

Wuchereria bancrofti
Wuchereria bancrofti#Translingual

(medicine) infection by the nematode Wuchereria bancrofti


gnathostomiasis

human infection by the nematode Gnathostoma hispidum and/or Gnathastoma spinigerum


thelaziasis

Thelaziasis in man

1917 September, R. T. Leiper, “Thelaziasis in man: A summary of recent reports on "Circumocular filariasis" in Chinese literature, with a note on the zoological position of the parasite”, in The British Journal of Ophthalmology, volume 1, number 9, title, page 546:

Reports of human thelaziasis are increasing recently because of environmental and social factors (Lee et al., 1986).

1989, Korean journal of parasitology, volume 28, page 222:

Injuries to the eyes ar not uncommon in horses, and they can even suffer from eyeworms (thelaziasis) on occasions.

(medicine) Infection with parasitic nematodes of the genus Thelazia.


trichinella

(zoology) Any of the genus Trichinella of parasitic roundworms.


trichostrongyliasis

infection with Trichostrongylus nematodes


baylisascariasis

From translingual Baylisascaris + -iasis (“disease suffix”), from Ancient Greek ἴᾱσις (íāsis, “healing, remedy”).

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(pathology) infection with Baylisascaris nematodes


seatworm

(UK, Australia, India) Strongyloides stercoralis


strongyloidiasis

en-noun

strongyloidiasis (countable and uncountable, plural strongyloidiases)

In the AIDS era, the severe infestation of S. stercoralis, hyperinfection or disseminated strongyloidiasis, becomes an important superimposed infection [38].

2006, Viroj Wiwanitkit, Tropical Anemia, page 53:

The global prevalence of strongyloidiasis is unclear and varies between 30 million and 100 million people infected [3].

2011, Jean-François Timsit, Jean-Paul Brion, Hervé Pelloux, “Parasitic Lung Infections”, in Elie Azoulay, editor, Pulmonary Involvement in Patients with Hematological Malignancies, page 361:

2012, Cary Engleberg, Chapter 54: Intestinal Heminths, N. Cary Engleberg, Victor DiRita, Terence S. Dermody, Schaechter's Mechanisms of Microbial Disease, 5th Edition, page 537,
As a result, strongyloidiasis can produce acute clinical syndromes (such as peritonitis) or mimic chronic abdominal problems such as peptic ulcer or gallbladder disease.

(medicine, pathology) infection by roundworms of the superfamily Strongyloidea


stomach worm

A common roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides), sometimes found in the human intestine, and rarely in the stomach.


ancylostoma

ancylostoma (plural ancylostomata or ancylostomas)

ancylostomata (plural)
ancylostomas (plural)

Borrowed from the translingual genus name Ancylostoma, eventually from Ancient Greek ἀγκύλος (ankúlos, “curved”) and Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma, “mouth”). Analyzable as ancylo- + stoma.


tank-worm

So-named as it was commonly found in the mud in water tanks of India in the 19th century.

(archaic, India) A small nematoid worm, likely to be the young of the guinea-worm.


capillariasis

(pathology) A disease caused by nematodes in the genus Capillaria.


spirurian

(zoology) Belonging to the nematode subclass Spiruria.


enoplid

(zoology) Any nematode in the order Enoplida.


vinegar eel

Turbatrix aceti, a nematode that feeds on mother of vinegar.


filariform

en-adj

filariform (comparative more filariform, superlative most filariform)

more filariform (comparative)
most filariform (superlative)


oxyuricide

Any anthelmintic that is destructive to worms of the genus Oxyuris, or pinworms.


oxyuricidal

oxyuricidal (comparative more oxyuricidal, superlative most oxyuricidal)

more oxyuricidal (comparative)
most oxyuricidal (superlative)

Destructive to worms of the genus Oxyuris, or pinworms.


camallanid

(zoology) Any nematode of the family Camallanidae.


nematofauna

In Europe has been hypothesized that reduced species numbers in northern Europe is attributed to Quaternary glaciations, being the highly diverse nematofauna of the Mediterranean basin related to Miocene plate tectonics in that area].

2016 January 26, “Unravelling the Biodiversity and Molecular Phylogeny of Needle Nematodes of the Genus Longidorus (Nematoda: Longidoridae) in Olive and a Description of Six New Species”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biology, rare) The nematodes, or all kinds of nematodes, inhabiting a region.


filariid

(zoology) Any member of the family Filariidae of worms.


thelastomatid

(zoology) Any member of the family Thelastomatidae of nematodes.


diplogasterid

The diplogasterid, Cephalobium microbivorum Cobb occurs in the alimentary tract of field crickets and apparently does little harm to its host (Ackert and Wadley, 1921).

(zoology) Any nematode of the family Diplogasteridae.


allantonematid

The thrips are the first or most primitive order to harbor allantonematid nematodes, which are more common in the higher Coleoptera and Diptera.

(zoology) Any nematode of the family Allantonematidae.


dracunculoid

Any of the infraorder Dracunculoidea of nematodes.


habronema

The identification of the parasites is at present impossible, but the spinous-tipped tail indicates that they correspond to certain stages of one of the spiruroidea, and so most probably of a habronema; whether Habronema muscæ, microstoma, or megastoma must be reserved for future experiments.

1918, Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics:

The house fly and habronemas of equines, Koubaud and Descazeaux

1922, Experiment Station Record, volume 47, United States Office of Experiment Stations:

Carbon bisulphide was found effective against parasites in the upper part of the digestive tract, namely, bots, ascarids and habronemas (stomach worms).

1922, The Philippine Agriculturist, volume 11, page 96:

Habronemas of carnivorous birds and mammals probably reach their definitive hosts by way of transport hosts.

1940, Libbie Henrietta Hyman, The Invertebrates: Acanthocephala, Aschelminthes, and Entoprocta, the pseudocoelomate Bilateria:

The habronemas, which consist of Habronema muscae, H. majus, and H. megastoma (Draschia megastoma), are the equine stomach worms that cause two rather distinct diseases in horses: gastric and cutaneous habronemiasis (a skin disease caused in part by the larvae).

2012, Rick Parker, Equine Science, page 360:


brainworm

brainworms (plural)
brain worm (alternative)
brain-worm (alternative)

Which points out the difference between this song and other brainworms.

2008 July 1, Mike Redmond, “Astley Brainworm”, in Current in Carmel, page 28:

Although brainworms are no doubt ancient, the term has come into common use only in the last few decades, probably because suddenly music is ubiquitous, […]

2009 September 5, Bill & Rich Sones, “Can't get rid of that tune? Maybe it's a brainworm”, in Woolwich Observer, page 30:

The hallucinations in question are exaggerated forms of 'brainworms' – music stuck in the head.

2016, Lawrence Kramer, “Caliban's Ear: A Short History of Ambient Music”, in Anahid Kassabian, Elena Boschi, Marta García Quiñones, editors, Ubiquitous Musics: The Everyday Sounds That We Don't Always Notice, page 15:

(figurative, informal) A song or melody that keeps playing inside of one's mind.


filarioid

Any parasitic nematode of the superfamily Filarioidea


philometrid

(zoology) Any member of the family Philometridae of nematodes.


aphelenchoidid

Any nematode of the superfamily Aphelenchoididea


rat lungworm

So called as the worm typically resides in the pulmonary artery of rats.

eosinophilic meningitis
eosinophilic meningitis

The parasitic nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis, which can cause eosinophilic meningitis in humans.


trichostrongyle

Any nematode of the genus Trichostrongylus.


trichostrongylid

Any nematode of the family Trichostrongylidae


wheat-eel

Any of species Anguina tritici of nematode worm that causes earcockle in wheat.


herring worm

A species of nematode, which occurs in ocean fish such as herrings, Anisakis simplex.


ancylostomid

Any hookworm of the family Ancylostomidae


palisade worm

(helminthology, zoology) A nematoid worm, Strongylus equinus, which parasitizes the blood vessels of a horse, producing aneurysms, often fatal.


bankrupt worm

So called from the risk of bankruptcy to cattlemen whose herds become infected.

A parasitic roundworm of the genus Trichostrongylus.


golden nematode

en-noun

golden nematode (plural golden nematodes)

A nematode of species Globodera rostochiensis.


guinea worm

A species of nematode, (Dracunculus medinensis)


plectid

(zoology) Any nematode in the family Plectidae.


root-knot nematode

root-knot nematode (plural root-knot nematodes)

root-knot nematodes (plural)
root knot nematode (alternative)

Due to these nematodes usually causing the roots of the plants, which they inhabit, to create galls which resemble knots.

Any nematode of the genus Meloidogyne, which parasitize the roots of various plants.