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oxyuriasis

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ox·y·u·ri·a·sis  (ks-y-r-ss)
n.
Infestation with pinworms.

[New Latin Oxyris, type genus (Greek oxus, sharp; see ak- in Indo-European roots + Greek our, tail; see ors- in Indo-European roots) + -iasis.]


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Pinworm infections are also called: seatworm infection, threadworm infection, enterobiasis, and oxyuriasis.
Abdominal pain of an appendiceal type may be due to malignancy, (5) carcinoids (6) and oxyuriasis which appear to be omitted from the study.
One case was of a vulvar amoeboma mistakenly treated as carcinoma, one case of pelvic dracunculosis treated as leiomyoma, two cases of tubal and cervical schistosomiasis each, and one case of tubal oxyuriasis.
 
 
 
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