Definition of Helminthology

1. n. The natural history, or study, of worms, esp. parasitic worms.

Definition of Helminthology

1. Noun. (zoology) The branch of zoology related to the study of helminths (parasitic worms) ¹

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Definition of Helminthology

1. [n -GIES]

Medical Definition of Helminthology

1. The scientific study of parasitic worms, or helminths. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Helminthology

helminthemesis
helminthes
helminthiases
helminthiasis
helminthic
helminthic dysentery
helminthics
helminthism
helminthite
helminthites
helminthoid
helminthological
helminthologies
helminthologist
helminthologists
helminthology (current term)
helminthoma
helminthophobia
helminthosporin
helminthosporium
helminthosporium leaf spot
helminths
helmintic
helmless
helms
helmsman
helmsmanship
helmsmanships
helmsmen
helmswoman

Literary usage of Helminthology

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports on Zoology for 1843, 1844 by Andreas Johann Wagner, Franz Hermann Troschel, Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson, Carl Th. Ernst Siebold (1847)
"helminthology. BY PROFESSOR C. TH. V. SIEBOLD, OF FREIBURG IN THE ... which has long since been shaken even in its cherished ground of helminthology. ..."

2. A Laboratory Guide to the Study of Parasitology by William Brodbeck Herms (1913)
"PART II helminthology INTRODUCTION The object of the following exercises is to acquaint the student with the commoner parasitic worms infesting man and the ..."

3. Elements of Chemistry, and Natural History: To which is Prefixed the by Antoine-François de Fourcroy (1796)
"helminthology. WORMS are foft animals, very different in form from infects, with which they have been, by many natura- lifts, confounded, and far from being ..."

4. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1858)
"... unanimously given to Mr Page for his interesting communications and exhibition of new and curious fossils. 6. On recent Discoveries in helminthology. ..."

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