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whip⋅worm

  [hwip-wurm, wip-]
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–noun
any of several parasitic nematodes of the genus Trichuris, having a long, slender, whiplike anterior end.
Origin:
1870–75; whip + worm
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Helminth Therapy
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www.Ovamed.org/
whip·worm   (hwĭp'wûrm', wĭp'-)   
n.  A slender, whip-shaped, parasitic nematode worm (Trichuris trichiura) that often infests the intestine of humans.
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Main Entry: whip·worm
Pronunciation: -"w&rm
Function: noun
: a parasitic nematode worm of the family Trichuridae with a body that is thickenedposteriorly and that is very long and slender anteriorly; especially : one of the genus Trichuris (T. trichiura) that parasitizes the human intestine
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whipworm whip·worm (wĭp'wûrm')
n.
See Trichuris.

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whipworm

any of certain worms of the genus Trichuris, class Nematoda (phylum Aschelminthes), especially T. trichiura, that are parasitic in the large intestine of man and other mammals. They are so named because of the whiplike shape of the body

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