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hookworm

[ UK /hˈʊkwɜːm/ ]
[ US /ˈhʊkwɝm/ ]
NOUN
  1. infestation of the intestines by hookworms which enter the body (usually) through the skin
  2. 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.
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