The helminth Spinochordodes parasitising a bush-cricket (Meconema sp.)A plate from Félix Dujardin's 1845 Histoire naturelle des helminthes ou vers intestinaux
Helminthology is the study of parasitic worms (helminths). The field studies the taxonomy of helminths and their effects on their hosts.
The origin of the first compound of the word is the Greek ἕλμινς - helmins, meaning "worm".
The Japanese parasitologistSatyu Yamaguti was one of the most active helminthologists of the 20th century; he wrote the six-volume Systema Helminthum.[5][6]
^Anonymous. 1983. Special edition: A list of papers by Dr. Satyu Yamaguti and his collaborators and a notice on their distribution. The Meguro Parasitological Museum News, 153 (58), 1-12. PDFArchived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine