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What does whipworm mean?

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Noun
  1. Any of the genus Trichuris of roundworms that infect certain mammals
    1. (medicine) Trichuris trichiura, a roundworm, causing trichuriasis when it infects a human large intestine.
  2. Trichuriasis, infection by members of the genus Trichuris.
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Mebendazole treats hookworm and whipworm infections. These infections contribute to anaemia because of iron loss through intestinal bleeding.
Transmission of roundworm, whipworm and hookworm requires a warm wet environment to ensure survival of eggs or larvae in soil that is contaminated with human faeces.
He had three broken ribs, a nasty cut on his hand, the intestinal parasite whipworm and fleas.
Routine wormer to keep reptiles free from whipworm, hookworm, and other roundworms.
In fact, roundworm and whipworm alone are estimated to affect one-quarter of the world's population.
Another nematode common to the fox and dogs, and infesting the ccum, is the whipworm.

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