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HOOKWORM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Parasitic bloodsucking roundworms having hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of human and other hosts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("hookworm" is a kind of...):

nematode; nematode worm; roundworm (unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic)

Holonyms ("hookworm" is a member of...):

Ancylostomatidae; family Ancylostomatidae (hookworms)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Infestation of the intestines by hookworms which enter the body (usually) through the skin

Synonyms:

hookworm; hookworm disease

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("hookworm" is a kind of...):

helminthiasis (infestation of the body with parasitic worms)

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