hookworm

== English == === Etymology === From hook +‎ worm. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhʊkˌwɝm/ === Noun === hookworm (countable and uncountable, plural hookworms) (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 (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") ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ====