- helminthoma
- 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-thoґmə) [helminth + -oma] a tumor caused by a parasitic worm.
Medical dictionary. 2011.