helminthiasis
[ hel-min-thahy-uh-sis ]
nounPathology.
a disease caused by parasitic worms in the intestines.
Origin of helminthiasis
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How to use helminthiasis in a sentence
In this way the helminthiasis nearly proved fatal to my cat.
Parasites | T. Spencer CobboldFurther on, I shall again deal with the helminthiasis due to strongyles.
Parasites | T. Spencer CobboldThus, in one family I have encountered three cases of fluke-helminthiasis due to Distoma crassum!
Parasites | T. Spencer Cobbold
British Dictionary definitions for helminthiasis
helminthiasis
/ (ˌhɛlmɪnˈθaɪəsɪs) /
noun
infestation of the body with parasitic worms
Origin of helminthiasis
1C19: from New Latin, from Greek helminthian to be infested with worms
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