hookworm

1. 1.

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

   Broadernematode

   Part ofAncylostomatidae
2. 2.

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

   Synonymshookworm disease

   Broaderhelminthiasis

Other forms of hookworm

plural

hookworms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hookworm

What does hookworm mean?

hookworm means "parasitic bloodsucking roundworms having hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of human and other hosts". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hookworm?

hookworm has 2 syllables: hook-worm. The stress falls on "hook". In IPA it is /ˈhʊkwɚm/.

What is another word for hookworm?

Close synonyms include hookworm disease. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hookworm a common word?

hookworm is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.