worm

(werm) [L. ter’mis]. 1. Any small creeping animal made up of rings or joints. 2. In medical literature, a helminth; an animal endoparasite. w.-absce , an absce caused by worms, or one containing worms. beef-w., a burrowing parasite, Derma to’bia noxia'lis, of tropical America. It infests man and domestic animals. bladderw., a cestode parasite, or tapeworm, in the stage succeeding the scolex: bladder-worms exist in various parenchymatous ti ues of a host, being then transferred to the stomach of another host, they develop into tapeworms. The echinococcus is one variety of bladder-worm. w. of the cerebellum. See vermis and postrermis. W.- fever, a fever of young children, believed to be due to worms. fluke-w., any nematode, as Bilkarzia or Distoma. guinea-w. Sec Filaria. inferior w. of the cerebellum. See postrermis. Me- w. See Filaria med in ens is. palisade w. See Strongyl us equinus. pin-w., seat-w. See Oxyuris. round-w. See Ascaris. screw-w. See Comp so my i a. stomach w., a small, threadlike worm, Strongyl us contort us, infesting the fourth stomach of sheep, and producing weakne , wasting, and death. tape-w. See Tania and tapeworm. W.-tea, compound infusion of spigelia: a preparation of 240 gr. each of spigelia and manna, 120 gr. of senna, 60 gr. of fennel, and 16 fl.oz. of boiling water. Dose, 1-5 fl.oz. (30-150 c.c.). Called also pink and senna. thread-w. See Oxyuris and Trichocephalus. tongue w., a parasite, Pent as to mum teniotdes, occurring in the viscera of sheep and cattle. See Lingua tads. whip-w. See Trichocephalus.