Medical Dictionary
1worm
noun \ˈwərm\
Medical Definition of WORM
1
: any of various relatively small elongated usually naked and soft-bodied parasitic animals (as of the phylum Platyhelminthes)
2
: helminthiasis—usually used in plural <a dog with worms>
—worm·like \-ˌlīk\ adjective
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