transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈas-kə-rəd ]
noun
Etymology: ultimately from Late Latin ascarid-, ascaris intestinal worm, from Greek askarid-, askaris, probably by back-formation from askarizein to jump, throb, alteration of skarizein, from skairein to gambol
Date: 14th century
: any of a family (Ascaridae) of nematode worms that includes the common roundworm ( Ascaris lumbricoides ) parasitic in the human intestine