Taber's Medical Dictionary
capillariasis
(kă-pil″ă-rī′ă-sĭs )
[ Capillaria + -iasis ]
Infestation of the large intestine with species of the roundworm Capillaria. Treatment is with mebendazole or albendazole.
SEE: Capillaria
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Capillariasis." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/739516/all/capillariasis.
Capillariasis. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/739516/all/capillariasis. Accessed July 15, 2026.
Capillariasis. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/739516/all/capillariasis
Capillariasis [Internet]. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 July 15]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/739516/all/capillariasis.
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