(thing) by BioTech Sun Aug 11 2002 at 2:45:59
An infection by a parasitic worm (a helminth), which can be in the intestines, under the skin, or in the general area of the gut.

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

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