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Hookworm

Hookworm Meaning & Definition
Hookworm Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hookworm?

[n] parasitic blood-sucking roundworms having hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of human and other hosts
[n] infestation of the intestines by hookworms which enter the body (usually) through the skin

Synonyms | Synonyms for Hookworm: hookworm disease

Related Terms | Find terms related to Hookworm: acute articular rheumatism | African lethargy | ague | alkali disease | amebiasis | amebic dysentery | anthrax | Asiatic cholera | bacillary dysentery | bastard measles | black death | black fever | blackwater fever | breakbone fever | brucellosis | bubonic plague | cachectic fever | cerebral rheumatism | Chagres fever | chicken pox | cholera | cowpox | dandy fever | deer fly fever | dengue | dengue fever | diphtheria | dumdum fever | dysentery | elephantiasis | encephalitis lethargica | enteric fever | erysipelas | famine fever | five-day fever | flu | frambesia | German measles | glandular fever | grippe | hansenosis | Haverhill fever | hepatitis | herpes | herpes simplex | herpes zoster | histoplasmosis | hydrophobia | infantile paralysis | infectious mononucleosis | inflammatory rheumatism | influenza | jail fever | jungle rot | kala azar | kissing disease | lepra | leprosy | leptospirosis | loa loa | loaiasis | lockjaw | madness | malaria | malarial fever | marsh fever | measles | meningitis | milzbrand | mumps | ornithosis | osteomyelitis | paratyphoid fever | parotitis | parrot fever | pertussis | pneumonia | polio | poliomyelitis | polyarthritis rheumatism | ponos | psittacosis | rabbit fever | rabies | rat-bite fever | relapsing fever | rheumatic fever | rickettsialpox | ringworm | rubella | rubeola | scarlatina | scarlet fever | schistosomiasis | septic sore throat | shingles | sleeping sickness | sleepy sickness | smallpox | snail fever | splenic fever | spotted fever | strep throat | swamp fever | tetanus | thrush | tinea | trench fever | trench mouth | tuberculosis | tularemia | typhoid | typhoid fever | typhus | typhus fever | undulant fever | vaccinia | varicella | variola | venereal disease | viral dysentery | whooping cough | yaws | yellow fever | yellow jack | zona | zoster

See Also | Ancylostomatidae | family Ancylostomatidae | helminthiasis | nematode | nematode worm | roundworm

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