कृमिविज्ञान

thumb|upright=1.3|The helminth Spinochordodes parasitising a bush-cricket ([[Meconema sp.)]] thumb|upright|A plate from Félix Dujardin's 1845 Histoire naturelle des helminthes ou vers intestinaux Helminthology, from Ancient Greek ἕλμινς (hélmins), meaning "parasitic worm", and λόγος (lógos), meaning "study", is the study of parasitic worms (helminths). The field studies the taxonomy of helminths and their effects on their hosts.