Definition of Helminthiasis

1. Noun. Infestation of the body with parasitic worms.

Generic synonyms: Infestation
Specialized synonyms: Hookworm, Hookworm Disease

Definition of Helminthiasis

1. n. A disease in which worms are present in some part of the body.

Definition of Helminthiasis

1. Noun. infestation with parasitic worms ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Helminthiasis

1. [n -THIASES]

Medical Definition of Helminthiasis

1. An infection by a parasitic worm (a helminth), which can be in the intestines, under the skin, or in the general area of the gut. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Helminthiasis

helmetflower
helmeting
helmetless
helmetlike
helmets
helmette
helmettes
helming
helminth
helminth proteins
helminthagogue
helminthagogues
helminthemesis
helminthes
helminthiases
helminthiasis (current term)
helminthic
helminthic dysentery
helminthics
helminthism
helminthite
helminthites
helminthoid
helminthological
helminthologies
helminthologist
helminthologists
helminthology
helminthoma
helminthophobia

Literary usage of Helminthiasis

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

1. The Clinical Pathology of the Blood of Domesticated Animals by Samuel Howard Burnett (1917)
"SEVERE CASES OF SARCOPTIC MANGE (WELCH) helminthiasis A large number of observations are recorded showing the value of blood examinations in cases of ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"PEDIATRICS. UNDER THE CHARGE OP LOUIS STARR, MD, AND THOMPSON S. WESTCOTT, MD, OT PHILADELPHIA. A Urinary Sign of helminthiasis. ..."

3. A Text-book of the Diseases of the Small Domestic Animals by Oscar Victor Brumley (1921)
"helminthiasis. In small animals parasites in the digestive tract are very numerous. They pass rapidly through the anterior portion of the digestive tract, ..."

4. Clinical Hematology: A Practical Guide to the Examination of the Blood with by John C. DaCosta (1901)
"INTESTINAL helminthiasis. The presence in the intestinal canal of certain GENERAL parasites, notably the bothriocephalus latus and ..."

5. Special pathology and therapeutics of the diseases of domestic animals v. 2 by Ferenc Hutyra (1913)
"helminthiasis. Worms parasitic in the intestinal tract produce disease in a variety of ways. Contact with the mucosa, adhesion to it, boring into it, ..."

6. The Theory and practice of medicine by Frederick Thomas Roberts (1884)
"INTESTINAL WORMS—helminthiasis. In the present chapter it is intended to give a brief account of the main facts relating to those animal parasites which ..."

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