helminthiasis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various infectious diseases comprising and developing from infestation with any of various parasitic worms.

Word forms

helminthiasis helminthiases

Etymology

From helminth (“parasitic flatworm or roundworm”) + -iasis.

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