hookworm
Any of various parasitic bloodsucking roundworms which cause disease, especially the…Any of various parasitic bloodsucking roundworms which cause disease, especially the species Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus, having hooked mouthparts and entering their hosts by boring through the skin.
» Hookworm is a worm, a parasite of man, that sticks to the small intestine.
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2 senses(countable)Any of various parasitic bloodsucking roundworms which cause disease, especially the species Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus, having hooked mouthparts and entering their hosts by boring through the skin.
parasitic bloodsucking roundworms having hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of human and other hosts
(metonymically, uncountable)Infection with one of these parasites.
a case of hookworm
Examples
1 sentencesHookworm is a worm, a parasite of man, that sticks to the small intestine.
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3 languagesOrigin
From hook + worm.From hook + worm.
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plural: hookwormsSynonyms
4 synonyms- infestation of the intestines by hookworms which enter the body (usually) through the skin:hookworm disease
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