As`ca*ri"a*sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; an intestinal worm.] (Med.)
A disease, usually accompanied by colicky pains and diarrhea, caused by the presence of ascarids in the gastrointestinal canal.
© Webster 1913.
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