pinworm
English
Etymology
From
pin
+
worm
.
Noun
pinworm
(
plural
pinworms
)
Any of several
nematode
worms
, of the family
Oxyuridae
, that are
parasitic
to
mammals
Synonyms
threadworm
Translations
worms
Catalan:
oxiür
m
Chinese:
Cantonese:
蟯蟲
/
蛲虫
(
naau
4
cung
4
)
Mandarin:
蟯蟲
/
蛲虫
(zh)
(
náochóng
)
Dutch:
aarsmade
(nl)
f
Finnish:
kihomato
(fi)
(
human pinworm
, Enterobius vermicularis
)
French:
oxyure
(fr)
m
Galician:
oxiúro
m
German:
Madenwurm
m
Greek:
οξύουρος
m
(
oxýouros
)
Italian:
ossiuro
m
Japanese:
蟯虫
(ja)
(
ぎょうちゅう, gyōchū, じょうちゅう, jōchū
)
Kankanaey:
kimkimay
Korean:
요충(蟯蟲)
(ko)
(
yochung
)
Maori:
iroiro
Polish:
owsik
(pl)
m
Portuguese:
oxiúro
m
,
verme-caseira
f
Romanian:
oxiur
(ro)
m
Russian:
остри́ца
(ru)
f
(
ostríca
)
Slovak:
mrľa
f
Spanish:
oxiuro
m
,
pidulle
(es)
m
Swedish:
springmask
(sv)
c
Ukrainian:
гострик
m
(
hostryk
)
References
pinworm
on Wikipedia.
Wikipedia
Oxyuridae
on Wikispecies.
Wikispecies
Category:Oxyuridae
on Wikimedia Commons.
Wikimedia Commons