noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A disease of humans caused by the parasitic roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides in humans and by other species of Ascaris in other mammals. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   infestation of the human intestine with Ascaris roundworms wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

helminthiasismedical managementparasitic worm diseaseroundworm infectionsoil-transmitted helminthiasistreatment

Antonyms

All antonyms

healthy hostnoninfectious diseasenonpathogenic stateparasite-free state

Etymology

From ascar- + -iasis.