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Definition: Ascaris |
AscarisNoun1. Type genus of the family Ascaridae: roundworms with a three-lipped mouth. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | A genus of nematodes of the superfamily Ascaridoidea whose species usually inhabit the intestine. (references) |
Medicine | A genus of very large round nematode worms. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: AscarisSynonym: genus Ascaris (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Ascaris |
| English words defined with "Ascaris": ascariasis, Ascarid. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "Ascaris": Ascarid. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Ascaris" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Portuguese (ascarid, maw-worm, roundworm). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Infertile egg and decorticated egg of Ascaris lumbricoides. Credit: CDC. |  | Fertile egg of Ascaris lumbricoides. Credit: CDC. |
 | Decorticated egg of Ascaris lumbricoides. Credit: CDC. |  | Eggs of Fasciolopsis buski, Ascaris, Trichuris, and hookworm for size comparison. Unstained mounted formalin-preserved feces. Parasite. Credit: CDC. |
 | Eggs of Ascaris (fertile and infertile) and Trichuris. Unstained mount of formalin-preserved feces. Parasite. Credit: CDC. |  | Echinostoma and Ascaris eggs for size comparison. Unstained mount of formalin-preserved feces. Parasite. Credit: CDC. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Almost more than any other parasitic disease, human carelessness causes ascaris. (references) | |
Ascaris infections are common throughout the world in both temperate and tropical areas. (references) | ||
Ascaris lumbricoides is the largest nematode (roundworm) parasitizing the human intestine. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Ascaris" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Ascaris" is used about 3 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 |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "Ascaris": Ascaris lumbricoides ♦ Ascaris suum ♦ genus Ascaris. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ascaris lumbricoides | 64 |
ascaris | 52 |
ascaris lumbricoide | 6 |
ascaris suum | 6 |
ascaris fetus | 4 |
ascaris ciclo de de lumbricoides vida | 4 |
ascaris cycle life | 3 |
ascaris de fotos | 2 |
ascaris b b b b b b death metal mp3 | 2 |
ascaris worm | 2 |
ascaris distribuiçao lumbricoides mapas | 2 |
ascaris cytokinesis | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Ascaris"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Chinese | è›" (Ascaris lumbricoides, roundworm), ç— (Ascaris lumbricoides, roundworm). (various references) | ||||
Danish | spolorm (ascarid, eelworm, maw-worm, roundworm). (various references) | ||||
Dutch | Ascaris (ascarid, maw-worm, roundworm), spoelworm (ascarid, maw-worm, roundworm). (various references) | ||||
French | ascaris (ascarid), ascaride (ascarid). (various references) | ||||
German | Spulwurm (ascarid, roundworm). (various references) | ||||
Italian | Ascaride (ascarid, maw-worm, roundworm). (various references) | ||||
Korean | 회충 (Ascarides, roundworm). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ascarisay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-r-s-s" | |
-1 letter: cassia, crasis, crissa. | |
-2 letters: acari, arias, arsis, assai, casas, crass, raias, sacra, saris, scars. | |
-3 letters: airs, arcs, aria, asci, cars, casa, cris, raia, rias, sacs, sari, scar, sics, sirs, sris. | |
-4 letters: aas, air, ais, arc, ars, ass, car, cis, ras, ria, sac, sic, sir, sis, sri. | |
-5 letters: aa, ai, ar, as, is, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-i-r-s-s" | |
+1 letter: acrasias, acrasins, ascarids, brassica. | |
+2 letters: acariases, acariasis, airscapes, airspaces, anacrusis, archaises, archaisms, archaists, ascarides, brassicas, caritases, catharsis, cesarians, dyscrasia, sacristan, sarcastic, staircase. | |
+3 letters: anarchisms, anarchists, arsenicals, ascariases, ascariasis, ascertains, backstairs, braincases, caesarians, caparisons, carnassial, casuarinas, dyscrasias, marcasites, massacring, racialisms, racialists, saccharins, sacristans, sectarians, staircases. | |
+4 letters: accessaries, accessorial, aerostatics, antiracisms, antiracists, aristocrats, caramelises, carnassials, cascarillas, cassowaries, castigators, castrations, catachresis, fascinators, maraschinos, marshalcies, masticators, nasogastric, pharmacists, radicalises, radicalisms, radicalness, rascalities, renaissance, saccharides, sacroiliacs, sanctuaries, sarracenias, saurischian, scarlatinas, ultrabasics. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 73 63 61 72 69 73 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- ... -.-. .- .-. .. ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01110011 01100011 01100001 01110010 01101001 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A s c a r i s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0073 0063 0061 0072 0069 0073 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35856967847585 |
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