Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A parasitic worm, especially a roundworm or tapeworm.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A worm; especially, an entozoan, entoparasitic, or intestinal worm, as a cestoid, trematoid, or nematoid. See cut under
Cestoidea .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) An intestinal worm, or wormlike intestinal parasite; one of the Helminthes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
parasitic roundworm orflatworm .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun worm that is parasitic on the intestines of vertebrates especially roundworms and tapeworms and flukes
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are probing whether ingesting parasitic "helminth" whipworm eggs (in capsule form) can combat the flare-ups associated with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.
unknown title 2009
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Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are probing whether ingesting parasitic "helminth" whipworm eggs (in capsule form) can combat the flare-ups associated with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.
unknown title 2009
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"It looks like the helminth the parasite rebalances the immune system," says Bobby Sandage , chief executive of Burlington, Mass.-based Coronado Biosciences, which is finishing up an early-stage clinical trial of whipworm to treat Crohn's disease.
In a Squeaky-Clean World, a Worm Might Help Fight Disease Shirley S. Wang 2012
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The research published by David Artis, assistant professor in the Department of Pathobiology at Penn Vet, and colleagues may identify an important process in the immune response to helminth parasites and allergies.
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Origins, diversification, and historical structure of the helminth fauna inhabiting neotropical freshwater stingrays Potamotrygonidae.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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The number of niches in intestinal helminth communities of Anguilla anguilla: Are there enough spaces for parasites?
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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The impact seems to be at least as profound on the helminth parasites of arctic rodents [151].
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Host fragmentation and helminth parasites: Hedging your bets against extinction.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Human behavior and the epidemiology of helminth infections: Cultural practices and microepidemiology.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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IgE allergies and helminth parasites: A new perspective on an old conundrum.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
chained_bear commented on the word helminth
An Open Letter to the Intestinal Parasites I Managed to Pick Up in Africa This Summer.
See also open letter.
August 29, 2008