Helminth

Definition: Helminth

Helminth

Noun

1. Worm that is parasitic on the intestines of vertebrates especially roundworms and tapeworms and flukes.

Etymology: Helminth \Hel"minth\, noun. [from Greek expression worm.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonym: Helminth

Synonym: parasitic worm (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Bane	Rust, worm, helminth, moth, moth and rust, fungus, mildew; dry rot; canker, cankerworm; cancer; torpedo; viper; (evil doer); demon.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Title
Books	Bibliography of the Helminth Parasites New Zealand - Cabi Ito (reference) Check list of the helminth parasites of African freshwater fishes (reference) Distribution and Impact of Helminth Diseases of Livestock in Developing Countries (Fao Animal Production and Health Paper, No 96) (reference) Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Control of Helminth Parasites of Swine Animal Health Manual (Animal Health Manual, No 3) (reference) Helminth Zoonoses (Current Topics in Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science) (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	This helminth nematode parasite, also known as guinea worm, is gradually withdrawn from the body by winding the stick.Credit: CDC.
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"Helminth" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Helminth" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	8	124,375

Expression using "helminth": Helminth Proteins. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "helminth": helminth-infected.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "helminth"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		nematod, krimb zorrësh (pinworm). (various references)

Bulgarian		хелминит, глист (worm). (various references)

Chinese		� �虫 (WORM, WORMS). (various references)

Czech		hlíst. (various references)

Danish		helminthiasis (helminth infestation, helminthiasis, helminthism), ormeinfestation (helminth infestation, helminthiasis, helminthism). (various references)

Dutch		helminthiase (helminth infestation, helminthiasis, helminthism), wormbesmetting (helminth infestation, helminthiasis, helminthism). (various references)

Farsi		کلمات پیشوندیست بمعنی کرم(طب -ج.ش) (Helmintho), کرم روده . (various references)

Finnish		matotauti (helminth infestation, helminthiasis, helminthism), loismatojen esiintyminen (helminth infestation, helminthiasis, helminthism). (various references)

French		helminthiase (helminth infestation, helminthiasis, helminthism). (various references)

German		Helminthismus (helminth infestation, helminthiasis, helminthism), Helminthiasis (helminth infestation, helminthiasis, helminthism), Wurmkrankheit (helminth infestation, helminthiasis, helminthism). (various references)

Greek		ελμινθίωση (helminth infestation, helminthiasis, helminthism). (various references)

Hungarian		bélféreg. (various references)

Italian		elmintiasi (helminth infestation, helminthiasis, helminthism). (various references)

Pig Latin		elminthhay

Portuguese		helminto, elmo (armlet, casque, crest, helm, helmet, joystick, steering wheel). (various references)

Romanian		vierme intestinal (maw worm, worm). (various references)

Russian		глист (hookworm, worm). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		crevna glista. (various references)

Spanish		helminto. (various references)

Swedish		helmintiasis (helminth infestation, helminthiasis, helminthism), helminthiasis (helminth infestation, helminthiasis, helminthism), maskinfektion (helminth infestation, helminthiasis, helminthism). (various references)

Turkish		parazit (atmospherics, cestode, cestoid, interference, noise, parasital, parasite, parasitic, parasitical, statics, strays, vermin, white noise), kurt (borer, caterpillar, cestode, cestoid, gadgety, gnawing, hand, hard boiled, wolf, worm). (various references)

Ukranian		глист (worm). (various references)

Vietnamese		giun sán (mawworm). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	helminthiasis. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "helminth": helminthiases, helminthiasis, helminthic, helminthologies, helminthology, helminths. (additional references)
	Words ending with "helminth": platyhelminth. (additional references)
	Words containing "helminth": platyhelminthic, platyhelminths. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "helminth" (pronounced he"lmi'nth)
3	-i' n th	Hyacinth, jacinth, jacinthe, labyrinth.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-h-h-i-l-m-n-t"
	-3 letters: elint, hemin, inlet, limen, lithe, thein, thine.
	-4 letters: elhi, emit, heil, helm, hent, heth, hilt, hint, item, lent, lien, lime, limn, line, lint, lite, melt, meth, mien, mile, milt, mine, mint, mite, nite, them, then, thin, tile, time, tine.
	-5 letters: elm, eth, heh, hem, hen, het, hie, him, hin, hit, lei, let, lie, lin, lit, mel, men, met, mil, net, nil, nim, nit, nth, tel, ten, the, tie, til, tin.
	Words containing the letters "e-h-h-i-l-m-n-t"
	+1 letter: helminths.
	+2 letters: helminthic.
	+4 letters: thermohaline.
	+5 letters: helminthiases, helminthiasis, helminthology, naphthylamine, platyhelminth.
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