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A genus of worms that includes earthworms. An obsolete name for Ascaris lumbricoides.  

The state of being infested with lumbricoid worms.  

An agent that kills lumbricoid worms (i.e., ascarides or intestinal worms).  

One of the worm-shaped muscles of the hand or foot.  

Non-fusion of the first sacral vertebra with the sacrum, therefore functioning as an additional (sixth) lumbar vertebra.  

The sheep blowfly, also known as the green bottle fly. It is a cause of myiasis in humans. Sterile maggots of this species are necrophagous and have been used to debride wound infections.  

The general term for substances present in some organisms, which become luminescent when acted on by luciferase.  

The quality of clearness or brightness, especially with regard to mental conditions.  

The disease produced by the bite of the brown recluse spider, Loxosceles laeta or L. reclusa. Symptoms include a painful red vesicle that eventually becomes necrotic, leaving a skin ulcer. Rarely, the spider bite may produce hemolytic anemia or renal failure.  

A genus of spiders, family Loxoscelidae, which includes the brown recluse spider.