Found 2 items, similar to Ascaris lumbricoides.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Ascaris lumbricoides Ascaris lumbricoides n : intestinal parasite of humans and pigs [syn: common roundworm ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Ascaris lumbricoides Mawworm \Maw"worm`\, n. [Maw the belly + worm.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) Any intestinal worm found in the stomach, esp. the common round worm (Ascaris lumbricoides), and allied species. (b) One of the larv[ae] of botflies of horses; a bot. [1913 Webster] Stomach \Stom"ach\, n. [OE. stomak, F. estomac, L. stomachus, fr. Gr. sto`machos stomach, throat, gullet, fr. sto`ma a mouth, any outlet or entrance.] 1. (Anat.) An enlargement, or series of enlargements, in the anterior part of the alimentary canal, in which food is digested; any cavity in which digestion takes place in an animal; a digestive cavity. See Digestion, and Gastric juice , under Gastric. [1913 Webster] 2. The desire for food caused by hunger; appetite; as, a good stomach for roast beef. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. Hence appetite in general; inclination; desire. [1913 Webster] He which hath no stomach to this fight, Let him depart. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. Violence of temper; anger; sullenness; resentment; willful obstinacy; stubbornness. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Stern was his look, and full of stomach vain. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] This sort of crying proceeding from pride, obstinacy, and stomach, the will, where the fault lies, must be bent. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 5. Pride; haughtiness; arrogance. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] He was a man Of an unbounded stomach. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Stomach pump (Med.), a small pump or syringe with a flexible tube, for drawing liquids from the stomach, or for injecting them into it. Stomach tube (Med.), a long flexible tube for introduction into the stomach. Stomach worm (Zo["o]l.), the common roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides ) found in the human intestine, and rarely in the stomach. [1913 Webster] Ascarid \As"ca*rid\, n.; pl. Ascaridesor Ascarids. [NL. ascaris, fr. Gr. ?.] (Zo["o]l.) A parasitic nematoid worm, especially the roundworm, Ascaris lumbricoides , often occurring in the human intestine, and allied species found in domestic animals; also commonly applied to the pinworm (Oxyuris), often troublesome to children and aged persons. [1913 Webster]