Taber's Medical Dictionary
worm
(wŏrm)
To hear audio pronunciation of this topic, purchase a subscription or log in.1. An elongated invertebrate belonging to one of the following phyla: Platyhelminthes (flatworms); Nemathelminthes or Aschelminthes (roundworms or threadworms); Acanthocephala (spinyheaded worms); and Annelida (Annulata) (segmented worms).
SYN: SEE: helminth
2. Any small, limbless, creeping animal.
3. The median portion of the cerebellum.
4. Any wormlike structure.
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Worm." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/734702/all/worm.
Worm. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/734702/all/worm. Accessed June 6, 2023.
Worm. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/734702/all/worm
Worm [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2023 June 06]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/734702/all/worm.
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