Associations to the word «Heartworm»

Wiktionary

HEARTWORM, noun. A parasitic organism that afflicts dogs, the roundworm Dirofilaria immitis.
HEARTWORM, noun. The condition caused by this organism.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats