[round-wurm] 
| any nematode, esp. Ascaris lumbricoides, that infests the intestine of humans and other mammals. |
| nem·a·tode (něm'ə-tōd', nē'mə-) n. Any of several worms of the phylum Nematoda, having unsegmented, cylindrical bodies, often narrowing at each end, and including parasitic forms such as the hookworm and pinworm. Also called roundworm. [From New Latin Nēmatōda, phylum name : nemato- + New Latin -ōda (alteration of -oīdea, from neuter pl. of Greek -oeidēs, -oid).] nem'a·tode' adj. |
| round·worm (round'wûrm') n. See nematode. |
roundworm round·worm (round'wûrm')
n.
See nematode.
