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An intestinal worm, or wormlike intestinal parasite; one of the Helminthes.

A vermifuge.

rge group including a vast number of species, most of which are parasitic. Called also Enthelminthes, Enthelmintha.

A disease in which worms are present in some part of the body.

Of or relating to worms, or Helminthes; expelling worms. -- n.

One of the sinuous tracks on the surfaces of many stones, and popularly considered as worm trails.

Wormlike; vermiform.

Of or pertaining to helminthology.

One versed in helminthology.

The natural history, or study, of worms, esp. parasitic worms.

Intestinal worms. See Helminthes.

An order of helminths, including the Nematoidea and Gordiacea; the roundworms. [Written also Nematelminthea.]

One of the Platyelminthes.

Same as Platyelminthes.

Articulata, including the annelids and allied groups; sometimes made to include also the helminths and echinoderms. [Written also Annuloidea.]

Good against intestinal worms. -- An anthelmintic remedy. [Written also anthelminthic.]

roundworms, etc., most of which live parasitically in the interior of other animals; the Helminthes.

Any worm belonging to the Plathelminthes; also, sometimes applied to the planarians.

rue hermaphrodites are found only among the invertebrates. See Illust. in Appendix, under Helminths.

ents. Intestinal canal. Same as Intestine, n. -- Intestinal worm (Zoöl.), any species of helminth living in the intestinal canal of any animal. The species are numerous.