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# threadworm

noun (a threadworm, threadworms)

«threadworm» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A threadworm (also pinworm) is a tiny white worm, like a piece of thread, that can live in people's intestines (gut) for a while and causes itching around the bottom, especially at night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threadworm/#m1)

### In the lessons

Health and hygiene: threadworms are very common in children and are not a sign of being dirty; they spread when tiny eggs get on fingers and then into mouths. Washing hands, scrubbing under nails, not biting nails, and washing bedding stop them. A chemist sells medicine, and usually the whole family takes it. Science: threadworms are parasites (they live on another living thing).

### Examples

- Threadworms are very common in children. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threadworm/#x1)
- Threadworms can make your bottom itch at night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threadworm/#x2)
- Wash your hands to stop threadworms spreading. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threadworm/#x3)
- The whole family took medicine for threadworms. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threadworm/#x4)
- A threadworm is as thin as a piece of cotton. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threadworm/#x5)
- Threadworms are parasites. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threadworm/#x6)

### Note

Countable, one word. US name: pinworm. Not the same as an earthworm (lives in soil, harmless) or a tapeworm. Nothing to be ashamed of; tell a grown-up if you itch.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «threadworm» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threadworm/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«threadworm» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/threadworm.html) on Mova free.