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ascariasis infection (medicine) and MATE (law)


ascariasis infection (medicine)


ascariasis infection
<microbiology> Infection by the nematode Ascaris lumbricoides and is characterised by an early pulmonary phase related to larval migration and a later, prolonged intestinal phase.

Adult worms are 15-40 cm in length and maintain themselves in the lumen of the small intestine. Infection occurs after ingesting eggs contained in contaminated Food or more commonly, by transmission to the mouth by the hands after contact with contaminated soil.

Treatment is with mebendazole or pyrantel pamoate.


MATE (law)


MATE. The second officer on board of a merchant ship or vessel. 2. He has the right to sue in the admiralty as a common mariner for 2. He has the right to sue in the admiralty as a common mariner for wages. 1. Pet. Adm. Dee. 246. wages. 1. Pet. Adm. Dee. 246. 3. When, on the death of the master, the mate assumes the command, he 3. When, on the death of the master, the mate assumes the command, he succeeds to the rights and duties of the principal officer. 1 Sumn. 157; 3 succeeds to the rights and duties of the principal officer. 1 Sumn. 157; 3 Mason, 161; 4 Mason, 196; See 7 Conn. 239; 4 Mason, 641 4 Wash. C. C. 838. Mason, 161; 4 Mason, 196; See 7 Conn. 239; 4 Mason, 641 4 Wash. C. C. 838.