sludge treated by mesophilic anaerobic digestion contained eggs from the intestinalworm Ascaris
modifier
2. zoology
relating to the ascarid
Ascaris infestations
ascaris in American English
(ˈæskərɪs)
nounWord forms: pluralascarides (æˈskærɪˌdiz)
any parasitic roundworm of the genus Ascaris, found in the human small intestine and causing colic and diarrhea
Also: ascarid
Word origin
[‹ NL (Linnaeus), the genus ‹ Gk ascarís intestinal worm; cf. earlier, late ME ascarides (pl.) ‹ ML ‹ Gk]
Examples of 'ascaris' in a sentence
ascaris
Ascaris species were again the dominating helminth parasite eggs found.
E.A. Omudu, E.U. Amuta 2007, 'Parasitology and urban livestock farming in Nigeria : prevalence of ova in faecaland soil samples and animal ectoparasites in Makurdi', Journal of the South African Veterinary Associationhttps://jsava.co.za/index.php/jsava/article/view/285. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Ascaris species were the dominant parasite eggs found.
E.A. Omudu, E.U. Amuta 2007, 'Parasitology and urban livestock farming in Nigeria : prevalence of ova in faecaland soil samples and animal ectoparasites in Makurdi', Journal of the South African Veterinary Associationhttps://jsava.co.za/index.php/jsava/article/view/285. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Ascaris lumbricoides was the most common parasitic contaminant in both fruits andvegetable samples.
W.A. Istifanus, S.M. Panda 2018, 'Parasitic Agents in Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Sold in Open Markets in Bauchi, Nigeria',Journal of Food Quality and Hazards Controlhttp://jfqhc.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-674-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Ascaris-induced liver abscess with concurrent living adult worm in gall bladder has rarely been reported.
Indranil Chakrabarti, Amita Giri, Anuradha De, Asit Chandra Roy 2011, 'Radio-pathological diagnosis of hepatobiliary ascariasis: A rare entity', Journal of Cytologyhttp://www.jcytol.org/article.asp?issn=0970-9371;year=2011;volume=28;issue=3;spage=114;epage=116;aulast=Chakrabarti. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The repeated abdominal ultrasound was completely normal, the polyps which were interpreted as ascaris disappeared.
Aliye BAŞTUĞ, Ayşe ERBAY, Hürrem BODUR, Esragül AKINCI, Mustafa Aydın ÇEVİK 2008, 'Hepatobiliary Ascariasis: A Case Report', Flora Infeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisihttp://www.floradergisi.org/getFileContent.aspx?op=REDPDF&file_name=2008-13-2-104-106.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A live ascaris lumbricoides worm was seen pouting out of a duodenal perforation.
Arif Hussain Sarmast, Fazl Q. Parray, Hakim Irfan Showkat, Yasir A. Lone, Naseer A.Bhat 2011, 'Duodenal Perforation with an Unusual Presentation: A Case Report', Case Reports in Infectious Diseaseshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/512607. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Ascaris lumbricoides, the most frequent helminth, was prevalent in5.7% of individuals.
Jaques Muriel Oliveira Kunz, Abel Silva Vieira, Theopi Varvakis, Guilherme AraújoGomes, Ana Letícia Rossetto, Orlando José Bernardini, Marilia Sirianni dos SantosAlmeida, Maria Márcia Imenes Ishida 2008, '.', Biotemashttps://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/biotemas/article/view/20678. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)