polychaeta
Any annelid worm of the class Polychaeta

polychaetae
plural of polychaeta

polychaetas
plural of polychaeta

polychaete
Alternative spelling of polychete.

polychaetes
plural of polychaete

polychetes
plural of polychete

polynoids
plural of polynoid

pork tapeworm
A species of parasitic flatworm, Taenia solium, which uses pigs as an intermediate host.

potworm
Any worm in the family Enchytraeidae.

potworms
plural of potworm

procrusculum
The ambulatory buds of rediae.

protoescoleces
plural of protoescolex

protoescolex
protoscolex

protoscoleces
plural of protoscolex

protoscolex
The juvenile scolex formed from the germinal layer of a hydatid metacestode.

protoscolices
plural of protoscolex

ragworm
A polychaete worm in the genus Nereis or the family Nereididae, often used as bait in fishing.

ragworms
plural of ragworm

rainworm
An earthworm.

ramex
A hernia, varicocele, or any scrotal tumor.

red wiggler
A species of earthworm, Eisenia fetida, or an individual thereof, especially when used as bait for fishing.

red worm
An earthworm.

sabella
A seaworm of the genus Sabella, around 25 cm long, which lives in tubes that it builds itself.

sabellae
plural of sabella

sabellas
plural of sabella

sabellids
plural of sabellid

sand mason
Synonym of sand mason worm.

sand mason worm
Lanice conchilega, a burrowing marine polychaete worm.

sandworm
A lugworm, of species Arenicola marina.
A clam worm or ragworm, of species Alitta virens.
Hookworm larvae, especially of Ancylostoma braziliense, which cause cutaneous larva migrans.
A chigoe, a flea of species Tunga penetrans.

sandworms
plural of sandworm

santeria
Alternative form of santería.

scale worm
Alternative form of scaleworm

scaleworm
Any polychaete worm of the family Polynoidae

scaleworms
plural of scaleworm

schistomula
plural of schistomulum

schistomulum
The immature form of a parasitic schistosome

scoleces
plural of scolex

scolex
The structure at the front end of a tapeworm which, in the adult, has suckers and hooks by which it attaches itself to a host.

scolexes
plural of scolex

scolices
plural of scolex

sea mice
plural of sea mouse

sea mouse
A marine polychaete worm (genus Aphrodita) with the body covered in a dense mat of setae.
The dunlin.

serpula
Any of numerous species of tubicolous annelids of the genus Serpula and allied genera of the family Serpulidae that secrete a calcareous tube, usually irregularly contorted, but sometimes spirally coiled, with a wreath of plumelike and often bright-colored gills around its head, and usually an operculum to close the aperture of its tube when it retracts.

serpulae
plural of serpula

serpulas
plural of serpula

serpulids
plural of serpulid

serpulites
plural of serpulite

shayla
A traditional Islamic headcovering worn by some Muslim women to observe sartorial hijab; typically wrapped and pinned, and sometimes worn as a partial niqab (veil for the face).

shaylas
plural of shayla

sheep liver fluke
A parasitic flatworm, of species Fasciola hepatica, of the class Trematoda, that infects the livers of various mammals, including humans.

sheep measles
Synonym of cysticercosis.

sheila
A woman.

sheilas
plural of sheila

spaghetti worms
plural of spaghetti worm

spionids
plural of spionid

spoon worm
Synonym of echiuran.

spoonworm
Alternative form of spoon worm.
Alternative form of spoon worm.

spoonworms
plural of spoonworm

sporothecae
plural of sporotheca

stoa
In Ancient Greece, a walkway with a roof supported by colonnades, often with a wall on one side; specifically, the Great Hall in Athens.

stoae
plural of stoa

stoai
plural of stoa

stoas
plural of stoa

sudaderos
plural of sudadero

taenia
A ribbon worn in the hair in ancient Greece.
A band between the frieze and architrave in the Doric order.
Any of several ribbon-like bands of tissue.
Any species of the genus Taenia of tapeworms.

taeniae
plural of taenia

taenias
plural of taenia

tapeworm
Any parasitical worm of the class or infraclass Cestoda, which infests the intestines of animals, including humans, often infecting different host species during their life cycle.
Any parasitical worm of the class or infraclass Cestoda, which infests the intestines of animals, including humans, often infecting different host species during their life cycle.
Infection by tapeworms.

tapeworms
plural of tapeworm

tenia
Alternative spelling of taenia.

teniae
plural of tenia

tenias
plural of tenia

theca
Any of several external cases or sheaths.
Any of several external cases or sheaths.
Any of several external cases or sheaths.
Any of several external cases or sheaths.
Any of several external cases or sheaths.
Any of several external cases or sheaths.
A case for the corporal cloth used in the Eucharist.

thecae
plural of theca

thecas
plural of theca

tree worm
A worm that lives in trees, feeding primarily upon woody material.
A lowly, parasitic individual; slimeball, lowlife.

trematodes
plural of trematode

tube worm
Alternative form of tubeworm.

tubeworm
Any of many marine polychaete worms, mostly of the family Serpulidae, which construct permanent calcareous tubes on rocks, ship bottoms etc.

tubeworms
plural of tubeworm

tubifex
Any member of the genus Tubifex of tubificid annelids, some of which are used to feed fish in freshwater aquaria.

tubifexes
plural of tubifex

tubuli
plural of tubulus

tubulus
Obsolete form of tubule.

white worms
plural of white worm

whiteworm
A species of enchytraeid worm commonly used as feed for fish or birds, Enchytraeus albidus.

whiteworms
plural of whiteworm

wormball
A spherical agglomeration of earthworms that forms during very wet weather

xiphidiocercaria
A cercaria having a stylet in the anterior rim of its oral sucker with which it actively penetrates its host.

aandblom
Any of several, typically evening blooming, flowers related to the Iris, in particular of the genus Hesperantha.

aandblomme
plural of aandblom

aandblommetjie
aandblom

aandblommetjies
plural of aandblommetjie

abaptiston
A trepan having a conical shape so that injurious penetration of the brain is impossible.

abaptistons
plural of abaptiston

abdomen
The fat surrounding the belly.
The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis, not including the back; or in some lower vertebrates, the portion between the cardiac and caudal regions.
The cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the viscera; often restricted in humans to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity.
The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda.

abdomens
plural of abdomen

abdomina
plural of abdomen

abdominocyesis
Abdominal pregnancy: the type of ectopic pregnancy that occurs within the abdomen.

abdominohysterectomies
plural of abdominohysterectomy

abdominohysterectomy
Removal of the uterus via an incision made in the abdominal wall rather than via the vagina.

abdominohysterotomies
plural of abdominohysterotomy

abdominohysterotomy
An incision of the uterus, done through a surgical hole in the abdomen.

abducens
Ellipsis of abducens nerve.

abducentes
plural of abducens

abductor
One who abducts; a kidnapper.

abductores
plural of abductor

abductors
plural of abductor

abiotrophies
plural of abiotrophy

abiotrophy
Premature degeneration of cells or tissues, especially with genetic causes; loss of function of organ or cell, not due to injury.

ablatio
Synonym of ablation.

ablation
A carrying or taking away; removal.
The surgical removal of a body part, an organ, or especially a tumor; the removal of an organ function; amputation.
The progressive removal of material by any of a variety of processes such as melting or vaporization under heat or chipping.
The progressive removal of material by any of a variety of processes such as melting or vaporization under heat or chipping.

ablations
plural of ablation