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hookworm

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hook·worm  (hkwûrm)
n.
Any of numerous small parasitic nematode worms of the family Ancylostomatidae, having hooked mouthparts with which they fasten themselves to the intestinal walls of various hosts, including humans, causing ancylostomiasis. Also called uncinaria.

hookworm
Noun
a blood-sucking worm with hooked mouthparts

hookworm  (hkwûrm)
Any of numerous small, parasitic nematode worms of the family Ancylostomatidae, having hooked mouthparts with which they fasten themselves to the intestinal walls of various animals, including humans.
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Noun1.hookwormhookworm - parasitic bloodsucking roundworms having hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of human and other hosts
nematode, nematode worm, roundworm - unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic
2.hookworm - infestation of the intestines by hookworms which enter the body (usually) through the skin
helminthiasis - infestation of the body with parasitic worms

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Hookworm transmission requires a warm and wet climate, he adds, but the closest such weather to the graves is at the Caspian Sea, about 1,200 kilometers away.
Thus the programmes Perez Hatorri analyzes, including the elimination of Hansen's disease and hookworm, and the establishment of a hospital for women and children, were not nearly so altruistic in their origins or operations as the Navy represented them to be.
Effects of improved water supply and sanitation on ascariasis, diarrhoea, dracunculiasis, hookworm infection, schistosomiasis, and trachoma.
 
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