Medical term:
helminthoma
helminthoma
[hel″min-tho´mah]a tumor caused by a parasitic worm.
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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]
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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]
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