Medical term:

helminthoma



helminthoma

 [hel″min-tho´mah]
a tumor caused by a parasitic worm.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

hel·min·tho·ma

(hel'min-thō'mă),
A discrete nodule of granulomatous inflammation (including the healed stage) caused by a helminth or its products, so termed on the basis of certain gross resemblances to a neoplasm.
[G. helmins, worm, + -oma, tumor]
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

hel·min·tho·ma

(hel'min-thō'mă)
A discrete nodule of granulomatous inflammation (including the healed stage) caused by a helminth or its products.
[G. helmins, worm, + -oma, tumor]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012


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