hookworm

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

worm

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hookworm disease

ancylostomiasis

pinworm

necatoriasis

ancylostoma

Translations

ankylostome

Hakenwurm

ancilòstom

anchilostoma

Ankylostoma

Grubenwurm

παράσιτο των εντέρων

Ancilostomíase

anquilostoma

ancylostoma duodenale

دودة الأنكلستوما

kancalı kurt

الأنكلستوما

الدودة الصنارية

Etymology

From hook + worm.