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Hookworm

//ˈhʊkˌwɝm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    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. countable

    "A heavy infestation of more than 100 hookworms can suck up as much as 16 fluid ounces of blood a day. Since hookworm larvae can be transmitted through a mother's milk, infestations can kill infants."

  2. 2
    parasitic bloodsucking roundworms having hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of human and other hosts wordnet
  3. 3
    Infection with one of these parasites. metonymically, uncountable

    "a case of hookworm"

  4. 4
    infestation of the intestines by hookworms which enter the body (usually) through the skin wordnet

Etymology

From hook + worm.

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