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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: roundworm, worm, parasite
noun
Infection with one of these parasites.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: metonymically, uncountable
Synonyms: miner's worm, miner's anaemia, miner's disease
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: helminthiasis, helminthosis, disease, condition
noun
parasitic bloodsucking roundworms having hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of human and other hosts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nematode, nematode worm, roundworm
noun
infestation of the intestines by hookworms which enter the body (usually) through the skin
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: hookworm disease
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: helminthiasis
History
From hook + worm.
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
