whipworm

English

a whipworm (Trichuris trichiura)

whip +‎ worm

whipworm (countable and uncountable, plural whipworms)

Any of the genus Trichuris of roundworms that infect certain mammals
1. (medicine) Trichuris trichiura, a roundworm, causing trichuriasis when it infects a human large intestine.
  - 2009, January 27, “Jane E. Brody”, in Babies Know: A Little Dirt Is Good for You‎:
    Dr. Elliott said that in Argentina, researchers found that patients with multiple sclerosis who were infected with the human whipworm had milder cases and fewer flare-ups of their disease over a period of four and a half years.
Trichuriasis, infection by members of the genus Trichuris.

(Trichuris): canine whipworm (Trichuris vulpis), cat whipworm (Trichuris campanula, Trichuris serrata), dog whipworm (Trichuris vulpis), mouse whipworm (Trichuris muris), pig whipworm (Trichuris suis)

Trichuris trichiura