05/21/03 Nematode is one of my favorite words, although I'm probably attracted more to the sound of the word rather than the definition. This episode makes me think of another favorite word: helminthiasis — and in this case I am rather fond of the definition. ...Strangely, now that I'm looking for this definition, all I find is "A disease caused by infestation with parasitic worms" (that from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language via dictionary.com) which, while most likely accurate, isn't quite the phrasing I like so much. The particular definition I remember is "Afflicted with worms." Sadly I can't seem to find the dictionary in which I read that particular definition, so I guess American Hertiage's clinical wording stands instead of the shorter and more biblical line I like so much.

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