Definition of helminth

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Helminth (n.) An intestinal worm, or wormlike intestinal parasite; one of the Helminthes..

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Vermeology :: Vermeology (n.) A discourse or treatise on worms; that part of zoology which treats of worms; helminthology.
Vitellogene :: Vitellogene (n.) A gland secreting the yolk of the eggs in trematodes, turbellarians, and some other helminths..
Nematelminthes :: Nematelminthes (n. pl.) An ordr of helminths, including the Nematoidea and Gordiacea; the roundworms..
Nemertina :: Nemertina (n. pl.) An order of helminths usually having a long, slender, smooth, often bright-colored body, covered with minute vibrating cilia; -- called also Nemertea, Nemertida, and Rhynchocoela..
Scolecida :: Scolecida (n. pl.) Same as Helminthes.
Entozoa :: Entozoa (n. pl.) A group of worms, including the tapeworms, flukes, roundworms, etc., most of which live parasitically in the interior of other animals; the Helminthes..
Oxtongue :: Oxtongue (n.) A name given to several plants, from the shape and roughness of their leaves; as, Anchusa officinalis, a kind of bugloss, and Helminthia echioides, both European herbs..
Helminthoid :: Helminthoid (a.) Wormlike; vermiform.
Plathelminthes :: Plathelminthes (n. pl.) Same as Platyelminthes.
Worm :: Worm (n.) Any helminth; an entozoon.
Helminthiasis :: Helminthiasis (n.) A disease in which worms are present in some part of the body.
Platyelminthes :: Platyelminthes (n. pl.) A class of helminthes including the cestodes, or tapeworms, the trematodes, and the turbellarians. Called also flatworms..
Helminthology :: Helminthology (n.) The natural history, or study, of worms, esp. parasitic worms..
Flatworm :: Flatworm (n.) Any worm belonging to the Plathelminthes; also, sometimes applied to the planarians..
Enthelminthes :: Enthelminthes (n. pl.) Intestinal worms. See Helminthes.
Strobile :: Strobilation (n.) The act or phenomenon of spontaneously dividing transversely, as do certain species of annelids and helminths; transverse fission. See Illust. under Syllidian..
Helminthologic :: Helminthologic (a.) Alt. of Helminthologica.
Plathelminth :: Plathelminth (n.) One of the Platyelminthes.
Helminthic :: Helminthic (n.) A vermifuge; an anthelmintic.
Nematelmia :: Nematelmia (n. pl.) Same as Nemathelminthes.
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