whipworm
nounEtymology From whip + worm.
1
Any of the genus Trichuris of roundworms that infect certain mammals
2
Medicine, Sciences Trichuris trichiura, a roundworm, causing trichuriasis when it infects a human large intestine.
- Dr. Elliott said that in Argentina, researchers found that patients with multiple sclerosis who were infected with the human whipworm had milder cases and fewer flare-ups of their disease over a period of four and a half years.2009 January 27, Jane E. Brody, “Babies Know: A Little Dirt Is Good for You”, in New York Times:
3
Trichuriasis, infection by members of the genus Trichuris.
- Hyponyms
- canine whipworm, cat whipworm, dog whipworm, mouse whipworm, pig whipworm