HOOKWORM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hookworm mean? 

• HOOKWORM (noun)
  The noun HOOKWORM has 2 senses:

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

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

  Familiarity information: HOOKWORM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOOKWORM (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

hookworm; hookworm disease

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

helminthiasis (infestation of the body with parasitic worms)

 Context examples 

Infection of humans or animals with hookworms of the genus NECATOR.

(Necatoriasis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Infection of humans or animals with hookworms other than those caused by the genus Ancylostoma or Necator, for which the specific terms ANCYLOSTOMIASIS and NECATORIASIS are available.

(Hookworm Infection, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)