trichuriases
əˈraɪ noun Pathology.
intestinal infestation with the roundworm Trichuris trichiura, producing nausea, abdominal discomfort, and diarrhea, common in tropical areas with poor sanitation.
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| infection of the large intestine with the whipworm Trichuris trichiura, resulting in anaemia, weakness, etc | |
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Trichuriases
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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trichuriasis trich·u·ri·a·sis (trĭk'yə-rī'ə-sĭs)
n. pl. trich·u·ri·a·ses (-sēz)
Infection with a nematode. It is usually asymptomatic and not associated with peripheral eosinophilia, but in massive infections it frequently causes diarrhea or rectal prolapse.
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