Medical Dictionary

Parascaris

noun Par·as·ca·ris \(ˈ)par-ˈas-kə-rəs\

Medical Definition of PARASCARIS

:  a genus of nematode worms of the family Ascaridae including a large roundworm (P. equorum) that is parasitic in horses

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