English noun: roundworm |
1. | roundworm (state) infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches |
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| Synonyms | ringworm, tinea |
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| Broader (hypernym) | fungal infection, mycosis |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | athlete's foot, barber's itch, dhobi itch, eczema marginatum, jock itch, kerion, tinea barbae, tinea capitis, tinea corporis, tinea cruris, tinea pedis, tinea unguium |
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2. | roundworm (animal) unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic |
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| Synonyms | nematode, nematode worm |
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| Broader (hypernym) | worm |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Ascaridia galli, Ascaris lumbricoides, chicken roundworm, common roundworm, Dracunculus medinensis, eelworm, Enterobius vermicularis, filaria, Guinea worm, hookworm, pinworm, threadworm, trichina, Trichinella spiralis, Tylenchus tritici, wheat eel, wheat eelworm, wheatworm |
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| Member meronym | Aschelminthes, Nematoda, phylum Aschelminthes, phylum Nematoda |
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