Definition of brainworm in English:

brainworm

noun ˈbreɪnwəːm

1A worm imagined as infesting the brain. Chiefly figurative.
2Zoology and Veterinary Medicine. Any of various parasitic worms that infect the brains of mammals or other vertebrates; especially any nematode of the genera Elaphostrongylus and Parelaphostrongylus (family Protostrongylidae), which parasitize the central nervous system and certain other tissues of deer. Also (without article): worms of this kind.
3Zoology. A liver fluke, Dicrocoelium dendriticum (family Dicrocoelidae), which parasitizes many species of mammal (and occasionally humans), and has a cercarial stage which enters the brain of an intermediate host, the ant, resulting in behavioural changes conducive to transmission to mammals.

Origin

Early 17th century; earliest use found in Richard Brathwait (?1588–1673), poet and writer. From brain + worm.

Definition of brainworm in US English:

brainworm

nounˈbreɪnwəːm

1A worm imagined as infesting the brain. Chiefly figurative.
2Zoology and Veterinary Medicine. Any of various parasitic worms that infect the brains of mammals or other vertebrates; especially any nematode of the genera Elaphostrongylus and Parelaphostrongylus (family Protostrongylidae), which parasitize the central nervous system and certain other tissues of deer. Also (without article): worms of this kind.
3Zoology. A liver fluke, Dicrocoelium dendriticum (family Dicrocoelidae), which parasitizes many species of mammal (and occasionally humans), and has a cercarial stage which enters the brain of an intermediate host, the ant, resulting in behavioural changes conducive to transmission to mammals.

Origin

Early 17th century; earliest use found in Richard Brathwait (?1588–1673), poet and writer. From brain + worm.

单词	brainworm
释义	Definition of brainworm in English: brainworm noun ˈbreɪnwəːm 1A worm imagined as infesting the brain. Chiefly figurative. 2Zoology and Veterinary Medicine. Any of various parasitic worms that infect the brains of mammals or other vertebrates; especially any nematode of the genera Elaphostrongylus and Parelaphostrongylus (family Protostrongylidae), which parasitize the central nervous system and certain other tissues of deer. Also (without article): worms of this kind. 3Zoology. A liver fluke, Dicrocoelium dendriticum (family Dicrocoelidae), which parasitizes many species of mammal (and occasionally humans), and has a cercarial stage which enters the brain of an intermediate host, the ant, resulting in behavioural changes conducive to transmission to mammals. Origin Early 17th century; earliest use found in Richard Brathwait (?1588–1673), poet and writer. From brain + worm. Definition of brainworm in US English: brainworm nounˈbreɪnwəːm 1A worm imagined as infesting the brain. Chiefly figurative. 2Zoology and Veterinary Medicine. Any of various parasitic worms that infect the brains of mammals or other vertebrates; especially any nematode of the genera Elaphostrongylus and Parelaphostrongylus (family Protostrongylidae), which parasitize the central nervous system and certain other tissues of deer. Also (without article): worms of this kind. 3Zoology. A liver fluke, Dicrocoelium dendriticum (family Dicrocoelidae), which parasitizes many species of mammal (and occasionally humans), and has a cercarial stage which enters the brain of an intermediate host, the ant, resulting in behavioural changes conducive to transmission to mammals. Origin Early 17th century; earliest use found in Richard Brathwait (?1588–1673), poet and writer. From brain + worm.
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