Hĕl'min-thī'a-sĭs, n.

noun

Hĕl'min-thī'a-sĭs, n. [Gr. ἑλμινθιᾶν, to suffer from worms, from ἕλμινς, ἕλμινθος, worm.] (Med.) A disease in which worms and their larves breed under the skin.