Sentence examples for brainworm from inspiring English sources

Parelaphostrongylus tenuis (brainworm or meningeal worm) is a parasitic nematode known to affect the spinal cord and brain tissue of elk and other species, leading to death.

Larvae were regarded as those of the brainworm, Elaphostrongylus rangiferi, if they were of the typical size (0.3 0.4 mm) and had the characteristic dorsal spine over the tail.

The phenomenon of "brainworms" - irritating tunes and jingles that get lodged in our heads - is only one step away from full-blown musical hallucination, and Sacks also compares it to the obsessive ticcing of Tourette's syndrome.