worm. 1

A small, limble , creeping animal such as a member of the phyla Platy helm int hes, Nemathelminthes, or Annul at a. 2. The median portion of the cerebellum, as distinguished from its hemispheres, bladder w. See Cysticercus. bot w. The larva of the genus Oestrus. flesh w. See comedo, gourd w. An old term for a distoma. guinea w. See Filaria med in ens is, under Filaria. hair headed w. See Trichocephalus. hooked w's. The Uncinariae. long round w. See Ascaris lumbricoides, under Ascaris. long thread w. See Trichocephalus dispar. palisade w. See Sclerostoma equinum, under Sclerostoma, and Eustrongylus gigas, under Eustrongylus. pin w. See Oxyuris vermicular is, under Oxyuris. round w. See Ascaris lumbricoides, under Ascaris. tapew. See tenia. thread w. Any w. of threadlike appearance, especially Oxyuris vermicular is. wheal w. See Leptus autumnal is, under Leptus, and Sarcoptes scabei, under Sarcoptes. whip w. See Trichocephalus dispar, under Trichocephalus. [Ang.-Sax., wyrm, snake.]