helminthology

helminthology
The branch of science concerned with worms; especially the branch of zoology and of medicine concerned with intestinal vermiform parasites. SYN: scolecology. [G. helmins, worm, + logos, study]

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hel·min·thol·o·gy -'thäl-ə-jē n, pl -gies a branch of zoology concerned with helminths esp the study of parasitic worms

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n.
the study of parasitic worms.

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hel·min·thol·o·gy (hel″min-tholґə-je) [helminth + -logy] the scientific study of parasitic worms.

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  • helminthology — noun Date: 1819 a branch of zoology concerned with helminths; especially the study of parasitic worms …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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