Definition of Helminthiasis. Meaning of Helminthiasis. Synonyms of Helminthiasis

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Definition of Helminthiasis

Helminthiasis
Helminthiasis Hel`min*thi"a*sis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? to suffer from worms, fr. ?, ?, a worm.] (Med.) A disease in which worms are present in some part of the body.

Meaning of Helminthiasis from wikipedia

- such as BCG, measles, and Hepatitis B. Chronic helminthiasis may cause severe morbidity. Helminthiasis has been found to result in poor birth outcome...
- Soil-transmitted helminthiasis is a type of worm infection (helminthiasis) caused by different species of roundworms. It is caused specifically by those...
- forms are essentially parasites of humans, causing soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH), but also infect domesticated mammals. The juveniles are the infective...
- roundworm (a type of helminth) that causes trichuriasis (a type of helminthiasis which is one of the neglected tropical diseases) when it infects a human...
- infestation is known as pinworm infection (enterobiasis) (a type of helminthiasis) or less precisely as oxyuriasis in reference to the family Oxyuridae...
- used to treat people who are infected by helminths, a condition called helminthiasis. These drugs are also used to treat infected animals, particularly small...
- tapeworm infection and rat tapeworm infection. The disease is a type of helminthiasis which is classified as a neglected tropical disease. Hymenolepiasis...
- particularly children, for worm infections notably soil-transmitted helminthiasis, and schistosomiasis in areas with a high prevalence of these conditions...
- preventive as well as a treatment method for helminthiasis, which includes soil transmitted helminthiasis in children. Children can be treated by administering...
- leprosy, fever, pectoralgia, cough, gastropathy, hernia, hemorrhoids, helminthiasis, dyspepsia and skin diseases.[citation needed] In different parts of...