ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Lumbric

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Lumbric is a noun meaning (zoology, obsolete) An intestinal parasitic worm.

Meaning

(zoology, obsolete) An intestinal parasitic worm.

Example Sentences

The next day, while at stool, the patient discharged a lumbrics followed by the expulsion of two more, during the day, without faecal discharge ; treatment continued. The third day, another lumbric was expelled; the fourth, two others, &c, in all, ten lumbrics.

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include lumbriculid, lumbricid, lumbricine, earthworm, lucernarian, luticole.

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