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    HELMINTHIASIS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Infestation of the body with parasitic wormsplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("helminthiasis" is a kind of...):

    infestation (the state of being invaded or overrun by parasites)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "helminthiasis"):

    hookworm; hookworm disease (infestation of the intestines by hookworms which enter the body (usually) through the skin)

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