Helminthic

hel-min'thik, a. Pert. to, or expelling worms. — n. A medicine for expelling worms vermifuge. [Gr. helmins, -minthos, — Barred Helmet. a worm? curling thing; helix, q. v.] — Hel'minthoKogy, n. Science or description and natural history of worms. [Gr. logos, discourse.] Helot, ne'lot or heKot, n. A slave in ancient Sparta; hence, a slave. [Gr. Heilos, Heilotes, perh. hairein (2d aorist heil on), to conquer perh. Helos, a town of Laconia, whose inhabitants were enslaved by the Spartans.] — Hel'otism, -izm, n. The condition of, etc.; slavery.