noun
- small parasitic worms that infect the intestines, especially pinworms
Usage: medical
Examples
- The doctor diagnosed the child with threadworms after examining the symptoms.
- Threadworms are common in school-age children and spread easily.
- Good hygiene practices help prevent threadworm infections.
- The medication effectively treated the threadworms within a few days.
- Parents should watch for signs of threadworms like itching at night.
- Threadworms can be seen as tiny white threads in stool samples.