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Definition of Common roundworm
1. Noun. Intestinal parasite of humans and pigs.
Generic synonyms: Nematode, Nematode Worm, Roundworm
Group relationships: Ascaris, Genus Ascaris
Lexicographical Neighbors of Common Roundworm
Literary usage of Common roundworm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Microscopist: A Manual of Microscopy, and Compendium of the Microscopic by Joseph Henry Wythe (1880)
"Female 400 mm. by 5.5 mm. Tail of male conical and hooked. 20. A. Mystax.—Smaller
than the preceding. Identical with the common roundworm of cats. 21. ..."
2. The Show Dog: Being a Book Devoted to Describing the Cardinal Virtues and by Harry Woodworth Huntington (1901)
"First, the common roundworm, from two to six inches in length, of a pale pink
color, very thin like vermicelli, and greatly resembling the common earth or ..."
3. My Dog and I: Being a Concise Treatise of the Various Breeds of Dogs, Their by Harry Woodworth Huntington (1897)
"Graduate dose in proportion to size of dog. WORMS. There are three principal
worms infesting dogs. First, the common roundworm, from two to six inches ..."
4. A Text-book of materia medica, therapeutics and pharmacology by George Frank Butler (1908)
"... often called seat- worm or threadworm, that infests the large intestine and
rectum. The Ascaris lumbricoides is the common roundworm, ..."
5. The Student's guide to medical diagnosis by Samuel Fenwick, William Soltau Fenwick (1897)
"Ascaris lumbricoides, or common roundworm.— The body is of a reddish colour,
tapers towards each 'xtremity, varies in length from six to sixteen inches, ..."
6. Clinical Laboratory Methods: A Manual of Technique and Morphology Designed by Roger Sylvester Morris (1913)
"Toxocara canis (Ascaris mystax), the common roundworm of dogs and cats, is rare
in man.2 The adult parasite is much smaller than Ascaris lumbricoides; ..."
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