Medical Dictionary
oxyuris
noun oxy·uris \-ˈyu̇r-əs\
Medical Definition of OXYURIS
1
capitalized : a genus (the type of the family Oxyuridae) of parasitic nematodes with a long slender tail and a well-developed posterior pharyngeal enlargement
2
: any nematode worm of the genus Oxyuris or a related genus (as Enterobius: pinworm
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