A scientist who studies parasitic worms, their structure, behavior, and effects on host organisms.
From Greek 'helmins' (worm) and '-logist' (one who studies), coining a specialist term in parasitology that emerged with modern medical science in the 19th century.
Helminthologists have discovered that over 1 billion people worldwide are infected with parasitic worms—making them surprisingly important detectives of human and animal disease!
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