hookworm

(Inglés)

1. (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.
2. (metonymically, uncountable) Infection with one of these parasites.

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

From hook + worm.

Sinónimos

worm

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hookworm disease

ancylostomiasis

pinworm

necatoriasis

ancylostoma