helminthiasisn.
/hɛlmɪnˈθʌɪəsɪs/ Pathology.
A diseased condition characterized by the presence of worms in the body.
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wormc1000
vermes1728
invermination1808
helminthiasis1811
vermination1818
rishta1834
trichinosis1866
trichiniasis1867
filariasis1879
strongylosis1883
ankylostomiasis1887
tunnel-disease1887
ascariasis1888
taeniasis1896
hook-worm disease1902
Strongyloides1902
uncinariasis1902
tunnel-sickness1903
amœbiasis1905
redwater1906
schistosomiasis1906
paragonimiasis1907
strongyloidiasis1907
strongyloidosis1907
trichinelliasis1907
loaiasis1913
onchocercosis1918
trichuriasis1921
loa loa1923
hydatidosis1925
sparganosis1928
trichinellosis1958
1811 in R. Hooper Quincy's Lexicon-medicum (new ed.)
1865 Pop. Sci. Rev. 4 165 Introducing this parasite (Bilharzia hæmatobia) and its terrible helminthiasis into this country.
1876 J. Van Duyn & E. C. Seguin tr. E. L. Wagner Man. Gen. Pathol. 109 The disposition to helminthiasis.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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