NEMATODE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nematode mean? 

• NEMATODE (noun)
  The noun NEMATODE has 1 sense:

1. unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic

  Familiarity information: NEMATODE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEMATODE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

nematode; nematode worm; roundworm

Hypernyms ("nematode" is a kind of...):

worm (any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nematode"):

Ascaris lumbricoides; common roundworm (intestinal parasite of humans and pigs)

Ascaridia galli; chicken roundworm (intestinal parasite of domestic fowl)

Enterobius vermicularis; pinworm; threadworm (small threadlike worm infesting human intestines and rectum especially in children)

eelworm (any of various small free-living plant-parasitic roundworms)

Tylenchus tritici; wheat eel; wheat eelworm; wheatworm (small roundworm parasitic on wheat)

trichina; Trichinella spiralis (parasitic nematode occurring in the intestines of pigs and rats and human beings and producing larvae that form cysts in skeletal muscles)

hookworm (parasitic bloodsucking roundworms having hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of human and other hosts)

filaria (slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects)

Dracunculus medinensis; Guinea worm (parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates)

Holonyms ("nematode" is a member of...):

Aschelminthes; Nematoda; phylum Aschelminthes; phylum Nematoda (unsegmented worms: roundworms; threadworms; eelworms)

 Context examples 

Infections with nematodes of the superfamily FILARIOIDEA.

(Filariasis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Infections with nematodes of the genus DIPETALONEMA.

(Dipetalonemiasis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A parasitic infection caused by the nematode Loa loa.

(Loiasis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Infection with nematodes of the genus ONCHOCERCA.

(Onchocerciasis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

P. luminescens is found in the intestinal lumen of entomogenous nematodes and is pathogenic to insects and humans.

(Photorhabdus luminescens, NCI Thesaurus)

Then, colleagues from the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, England, tested the predictions by killing individual neurons from the nematode brain with a laser.

(Fundamental Rules for How The Brain Controls Movement, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The C-terminal leucine zipper and ribosomal S14 motif are not conserved in plant and nematode proteins.

(Neuroblastoma-Amplified Sequence, NCI Thesaurus)

Called odilorhabdins, or ODLs, the antibiotics are produced by symbiotic bacteria found in soil-dwelling nematode worms that colonize insects for food.

(A New Class of Antibiotics to Combat Drug Resistance, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Ivermectin exerts its anthelmintic effect via activating glutamate-gated chloride channels expressed on nematode neurons and pharyngeal muscle cells.

(Ivermectin, NCI Thesaurus)

A species of nematode that is widely used in biological, biochemical, and genetic studies.

(Caenorhabditis elegans, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)