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noun
Any of various infectious diseases comprising and developing from infestation with any of various parasitic worms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: helminthosis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: parasitism, infectious disease, disease, condition
noun
infestation of the body with parasitic worms
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: infestation
Narrower terms: hookworm, hookworm disease
History
From helminth (“parasitic flatworm or roundworm”) + -iasis.
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
