parasitic worm
Body-dwelling bloodsucker
A parasitic worm is any worm that lives in or on another organism, feeding off its host.
The term covers a range of species—tapeworms, roundworms, hookworms, flukes—that infect humans and animals, often inhabiting the intestines or other organs.
The doctor found evidence of parasitic worms in the stool sample.
- helminthParasitic worm organism
- tapewormSegmented intestinal parasite
- roundwormParasitic cylindrical worm
- hookwormIntestinal blood-feeding nematode
- flukeChance stroke of luck
life cycle · intestine · larvae · infestation · fecal matter · wriggling · eggs · bloodsucker · leech · gut · tropical · tropical disease · river blindness · disease · coil · segment · microscopic · infection
- fish parasitessea lice, sea louse, white spot, liver fluke
- wormsearthworm, earthworms, nightcrawler, roundworms, flatworms
parasitic wormautotroph
Self-nourishing organism
predator · producer · decomposer · earthworm
parasitic wormmutualist
Partner in mutual benefit
symbiont · host · commensal · gut flora · beneficial bacteria
parasitic wormearthworm
Segmented soil-dwelling invertebrate
polychaete · marine worm · tubeworm · lugworm · planarian
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