- genus Enterobius
- nounpinworms• Syn: ↑Enterobius• Hypernyms: ↑worm genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Oxyuridae, ↑family Oxyuridae• Member Meronyms: ↑pinworm, ↑threadworm, ↑Enterobius vermicularis
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genus Enterobius
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Enterobius — This article is about the organism. For the human infection with pinworms, see Enterobiasis. Pinworm ICD 127.4 Pinworms(U.S.)/Threadworms(U.K.) (Enterobius vermicularis). Scientific classification … Wikipedia
Enterobius gregorii — Taxobox | name = Enterobius gregorii regnum = Animalia phylum = Nematoda classis = Secernentea ordo = Rhabditida familia = Oxyuridae genus = Enterobius species = E. gregorii binomial = Enterobius gregorii binomial authority = Hugot, 1983The… … Wikipedia
Enterobius — noun pinworms • Syn: ↑genus Enterobius • Hypernyms: ↑worm genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Oxyuridae, ↑family Oxyuridae • Member Meronyms: ↑pin … Useful english dictionary
Enterobius vermicularis — noun small threadlike worm infesting human intestines and rectum especially in children • Syn: ↑pinworm, ↑threadworm • Hypernyms: ↑nematode, ↑nematode worm, ↑roundworm • Member Holonyms: ↑Ente … Useful english dictionary
Enterobius — prop. n. (Zool.) a genus of nematode worms. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Enterobius — A genus of nematode worms, formerly included with the genus Oxyuris, which includes the pinworms (E. vermicularis) of humans and other primates. [entero + G. bios, life] * * * En·te·ro·bi·us .ent ə rō bē əs n a genus of small nematode worms of… … Medical dictionary
worm genus — noun a genus of worms • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑genus Sagitta, ↑genus Spadella, ↑Fasciola, ↑genus Fasciola, ↑Fasciolopsis, ↑genus Fasciolopsis, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Pinworm — Taxobox name = PinwormICD 127.4 image width = 250px image caption = A pinworm ( Enterobius vermicularis ). regnum = Animalia phylum = Nematoda classis = Secernentea ordo = Rhabditida familia = Oxyuridae genus = Enterobius genus authority = Baird … Wikipedia
enterobiasis — Infection with Enterobius vermicularis, the human pinworm. * * * en·tero·bi·a·sis bī ə səs n, pl a·ses .sēz infestation with or disease caused by pinworms of the genus Enterobius that occurs esp. in children * * * n. a disease, common in children … Medical dictionary
pinworm — A member of the genus Enterobius or related genera of nematodes in the family Oxyuridae, abundant in a large variety of vertebrates, including such species as Oxyuris equi (the horse p.), Enterobius vermicularis (the human p.), Syphacia and… … Medical dictionary
