ASCARID

Definition: ASCARID

ASCARID

Noun

1. A parasitic nematoid worm, espec. the roundworm, Ascaris lumbricoides, often occurring in the human intestine, and allied species found in domestic animals; also commonly applied to the pinworm (Oxyuris), often troublesome to children and aged persons.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Etymology: Ascarid \As"ca*rid\, noun; plural Ascaridesor Ascarids. [New Latin expression. ascaris, from the Greek]. (Websters 1913)

"ASCARID" is a common misspelling or typo for: acaridae, acrid, assured, sacred, scared, scarred.

Domain	Definition
Food & Agriculture	There are many internal parasites, but the--and tapeworm are the main medical threats. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Crosswords: ASCARID

English words defined with "ASCARID": Ascarides. (references)

Specialty definitions using "ASCARID": Toxascaris, Toxocara. (references)

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		An ascarid is a worm that lives in the small intestine. (references)
		There is no blood test used to diagnose an ascarid infection. (references)
		Infection with ascarid worms is generally light and is not considered an emergency. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"ASCARID" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "ASCARID" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	2	245,945

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Language		Translations for "ASCARID"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏دودة القرع. (various references)

Danish		ascaride (maw-worm, roundworm), spolorm (Ascaris, eelworm, maw-worm, roundworm). (various references)

Dutch		ascaris (Ascaris, maw-worm, roundworm), spoelworm (Ascaris, maw-worm, roundworm). (various references)

Finnish		suolinkainen (maw-worm, roundworm). (various references)

French		ascaride (Ascaris). (various references)

German		spulwurm (roundworm). (various references)

Greek		ασκαρίς (eelworm, maw-worm, roundworm). (various references)

Hebrew		כרץ (hookworm). (various references)

Italian		ascaride (Ascaris, maw-worm, roundworm). (various references)

Pig Latin		ascariday

Portuguese		ascaris (maw-worm, roundworm), ascarídeo (maw-worm, roundworm). (various references)

Spanish		ascaride (maw-worm, roundworm). (various references)

Swedish		spolmask (maw-worm, roundworm). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "ASCARID": ascarides, ascarids. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "ASCARID" (pronounced 'As"ca*rid'): Acrid, Antacrid, Brid, Caprid, horrid, Lemurid, Lepidodendrid, lurid, Lyrid, Ophiurid, Podurid, Rorid, Scrid, Sigillarid, Sminthurid, Sporid, Subacrid, Subtorrid, torrid. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: acarids, cardias.
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-i-r-s"
	-1 letter: acarid, cairds, cardia, darics.
	-2 letters: acari, acids, acrid, arias, asdic, cadis, caids, caird, cards, daric, raias, raids, sacra.
	-3 letters: acid, aids, airs, arcs, aria, arid, asci, cadi, cads, caid, card, cars, casa, cris, dais, disc, rads, raia, raid, rias, rids, sadi, said, sard, sari, scad, scar.
	-4 letters: aas, ads, aid, air, ais, arc, ars.
	-5 letters: aa.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-d-i-r-s"
	+1 letter: arcadias, ascarids, carabids, cardiacs, radicals.
	+2 letters: acaridans, acidurias, arachnids, arcadians, arcadings, archaised, ascarides, carangids, cardigans, cardinals, caryatids, characids, dramatics, dyscrasia, radiances, radicands, radicates.
	+3 letters: abdicators, acaricides, arachnoids, barricades, carbamides, caryatides, charladies, cnidarians, cuadrillas, discarnate, dyscrasias, eradicates, icosahedra, paradisaic, paradisiac, paramedics, picofarads, quadratics, radiancies, radicalise, radicalism, saccharide.
	+4 letters: acrylamides, aphrodisiac, ascertained, barricadoes, cadaverines, cantharides, caparisoned, caramelised, cardiograms, deracinates, desacralize, discardable, divaricates, drastically, eradicators, fricandeaus, handicrafts, icosahedral, irradiances, microfarads, paediatrics, paradisical, radicalised, radicalises, radicalisms, radicalizes, radicalness, rhapsodical, saccharides, scabbarding, straitlaced.
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