Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Infestation of the large intestine with the whipworm Trichuris trichiura. It is usually asymptomatic, but in massive infections can cause diarrhea or rectal prolapse.
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- noun medicine A
parasitic disease caused byinfection of thelarge intestine by awhipworm .
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- noun infestation by a roundworm; common in tropical areas with poor sanitation
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin Trichūris, genus name (trich(o)– + Greek ourā, tail; see ors- in Indo-European roots) + –iasis.]
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The thin film of nanoparticles could neutralize bacteria that leads to diseases like trachoma, cholera, trichuriasis and hookworm infection that cause millions of illnesses and deaths each year.
Nanoparticle Science Helps Create Low-Cost Water Purification Systems | Inhabitat 2010
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They would learn that a significant number of other crippling and killing diseases, including African river blindness, schistosomiasis, trauchoma, lymphatic filariasis, hookworm, ascariasis, and trichuriasis, could be brought under control for well under $2 per American citizen per year, and perhaps just $1 per American citizen!
How Aid Can Work Sachs, Jeffrey D. 2006
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