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trich·u·ri·a·sis   (trĭk'yə-rī'ə-sĭs)   
n.   pl. trich·u·ri·a·ses (-sēz)
Infestation of the large intestine with whipworms of the genus Trichuris.

[New Latin Trichūris, genus name (trich(o)- + Greek ourā, tail; see ors- in Indo-European roots) + -iasis.]
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