HOOKWORM DISEASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hookworm disease mean? 

• HOOKWORM DISEASE (noun)
  The noun HOOKWORM DISEASE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: HOOKWORM DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOOKWORM DISEASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

hookworm; hookworm disease

Hypernyms ("hookworm disease" is a kind of...):

helminthiasis (infestation of the body with parasitic worms)