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Infestation, esp. of the gastro-intestinal canal, with Ascaris lumbricoides; the disease resulting from this infestation.
infection with such worms, which in man may be inapparent but can cause diarrhoea and other symptoms.
infection with Toxocara nematodes.
= toxocariasis n. at derivatives.