hookworm

Wikispecies

Wikispecies

From hook +‎ worm.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhʊkˌwɝm/

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hookworm (countable and uncountable, plural hookworms)

2. (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.

   Hypernyms: roundworm < worm; parasite

   Hyponyms: ancylostoma, Ancylostoma; Necator; Uncinaria

4. (metonymic, uncountable) Infection with one of these parasites.

   Synonyms: miner's worm, miner's anaemia; miner's disease (in one of its senses)

   Hypernyms: helminthiasis, helminthosis < disease < condition

   Hyponyms: ancylostomiasis, Egyptian chlorosis, tunnel disease; necatoriasis; uncinariasis (all have been loosely called "synonymous")

   a case of hookworm