hookworm disease

1. 1.

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

   Synonymshookworm

   Broaderhelminthiasis

Questions about hookworm disease

What does hookworm disease mean?

hookworm disease means "infestation of the intestines by hookworms which enter the body (usually) through the skin".

What is another word for hookworm disease?

Close synonyms include hookworm. 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 disease a common word?

hookworm disease 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.