vermiculation

noun4

1. •
   The state of being infested or consumed by worms.

   • The sermon rehearses [John] Donne's phobic obsession with putrefaction, vermiculation, dissolution, and dispersal. — 2007
2. •
   A pattern of irregular wavy lines resembling worms or their casts or tracks, found on the plumage of birds, used to decorate artworks and buildings, etc.
3. •
   (old-fashioned) Peristalsis (“wave-like contraction of the digestive tract, resembling the movement of a worm”).
4. •
   (no longer used, rare) The process of being turned into a worm.