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UK
/hˈʊkwɜːm/
]
[ US /ˈhʊkwɝm/ ]
[ US /ˈhʊkwɝm/ ]
NOUN
- infestation of the intestines by hookworms which enter the body (usually) through the skin
- parasitic bloodsucking roundworms having hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of human and other hosts
How To Use hookworm In A Sentence
- Mebendazole, is sold as a generic drug and has been used since the 1970s to treat roundworm, hookworm, pinworm, whipworm, and other worm-based parasitic infections. Mebendazol: A novel drug to be studied for metastatic Melanoma
- Although it may be caused by a myriad of nematodes, the most common infective agent is a dog and cat hookworm, Ancylostoma caninum and Ancylostoma braziliense.
- Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, and hookworm are the most prevalent geohelminth infections.
- Our vet also found that he had hookworms and whipworms and these are now gone.
- A. duodenale and N. americanus are hookworms that cause blood loss, anemia, pica and wasting.
- Nongovernment organizations have initiated public health programs such as the Rockefeller Foundation which undertook eradication of pellagra and hookworm.
- He was a public health scientist who cruised tropical rivers and hacked his way through jungles - a man who tirelessly fought hookworm, yellow fever, malaria and typhus fever in countries all over the world.
- The most common form of worms was hookworms, infecting 21.6 percent of those surveyed.
- We asked for a second opinion and began our relationship with Richard, who immediately diagnosed hookworm and successfully treated Max for it.
- In the developing countries this is normally the result of poor diet, often combined with blood loss due to parasitic infection, particularly hookworm.