hookworm

Noun

Meaning

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

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

Synonyms

Hypernyms

Phrases with the word

Examples

I always wondered if the good people who send us bibles really think that hookworm and hunger are healed by scripture? Our patients are illiterate. Abraham Verghese

For more than a month, Kelli Dumas' son has been struggling with a hookworm infection. Source: Internet

Older students should research and be assigned a less well-known disease (such as toxoplasmosis, ghiardia, sarcoptic mange, leptospirosis, psittacosis, camelpox, encephalitis, salmonellosis, Q-fever, and hookworm). Source: Internet

In fact, according to the TOMS website, over 2 million children from hookworm with medication and TOMS shoes provided by the company's giving partners. Source: Internet

The feces can be contaminated with hookworm eggs, which hatch microscopic larvae that migrate out of the feces into sand or soil, where people can get infected by walking on them in bare feet. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms