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Infestation with or disease caused by a parasitic roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides.

[ascar(id) + -iasis.]

ascariasis [ˌæskəˈraɪəsɪs]

(Medicine / Pathology) infestation of the intestines with the roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides, causing abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, weight loss, etc.

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ascariasis - infestation of the human intestine with Ascaris roundworms

infestation - the state of being invaded or overrun by parasites

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ascariasis (redirected from Giant intestinal roundworm)

ascariasis
(redirected from Giant intestinal roundworm)