Defenition of the word hookworm

• Defenition of the word hookworm

  • parasitic blood-sucking roundworms having hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of human and other hosts
  • infestation of the intestines by hookworms which enter the body (usually) through the skin
  • parasitic bloodsucking roundworms having hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of human and other hosts

Meronymys for the word hookworm

• • Ancylostomatidae
  • family Ancylostomatidae

Hypernyms for the word hookworm

• • helminthiasis
  • nematode
  • nematode worm
  • roundworm

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