Roundworm

//ˈɹaʊndˌwɝm//

"Roundworm" in a Sentence (3 examples)

He had a roundworm in his stool the other day.

William Campbell from Ireland and Satoshi Omura from Japan shared the prize for their discovery of a "novel therapy" against infections caused by roundworm parasites.

Fertilized roundworm eggs are deposited in the soil from human feces. If someone ingests these eggs, they hatch in the intestine.

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