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worms Noun a disease caused by parasitic worms living in the intestines Worms See also zoology. the branch of zoology that studies worms, especially parasitic worms. — helminthologist, n. — helminthologic, helminthologieal, adj. an abnormal fear of being infested with worms. an abnormal fear of worms. a study of worms. the breeding and raising of silk worms for the production of silk. — sericulturist, n. — sericultural, adj. an agent or preparation for killing tapeworms. — taeniacidal, teniacidal, adj. Rare. helminthology. — vermeologist, n. a substance for killing worms, especially intestinal worms, in animals or humans. Cf. vermifuge. motion similar to that of a worm. See also motion; ornamentation. a drug for expelling worms from the intestinal tract. Cf. vermicide. — vermifuge, adj. the state or process of being infested with worms or vermin. an abnormal fear of worms. |
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Worms of the riper grave unhid By any kindly coffin lid, Obscene and shameless to the light, Seethe in insatiate appetite, Through putrid offal; while above The hissing blow-fly seeks his love, Whose offspring, supping where they supt, Consume corruption twice corrupt. And as wholesome meat corrupteth to little worms, so good forms and orders corrupt, into a number of petty observances. There were days when she was unhappy, she did not know why,--when it did not seem worth while to be glad or sorry, to be alive or dead; when life appeared to her like a grotesque pandemonium and humanity like worms struggling blindly toward inevitable annihilation. |
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