English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἕλμινθος (hélminthos), genitive singular of ἕλμινς (hélmins, “intestinal worm”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɛl.mɪnθ/
- Rhymes: -ɪnθ
Noun
helminth (plural helminths)
- A parasitic worm; a fluke, tapeworm, or nematode.
Derived terms
Translations
parasitic roundworm or flatworm
- Bulgarian: глист m (glist)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 寄生蟲 / 寄生虫 (zh) (jìshēngchóng)
- Danish: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: loismato
- French: helminthe (fr) m
- Galician: helminto m
- German: Helminthe f, Eingeweidewurm (de) m, Wurm (de) m
- Ido: helminto (io)
- Irish: heilmint f, péist sheadánach f
- Italian: elminto m (clinical)
- Kazakh: ішек құрт (ışek qūrt), жылан құрт (jylan qūrt)
- Kumyk: сувалчан (suwalçan)
- Ottoman Turkish: صوغلجان (soğulcan)
- Polish: helmint (pl) m
- Russian: глист (ru) m (glist), (formal) гельми́нт (ru) m (gelʹmínt)
- Spanish: helminto (es) m
- Swedish: inälvsmask c
- Turkish: please add this translation if you can
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