hookworm (Crossword)

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• Infestation by a small, round, blood-sucking parasite
• Common name for bloodsucking nematodes of the family Ancyclostomatidae
• Parasitic roundworm (see worm) with hooks around its mouth
• Hookworm: An intestinal parasite that usually causes diarrhea or cramps
• (hook´wurm″) any of various parasitic roundworms that affect mammals
• Any of certain bloodsucking nematode worms, as Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus
• A parasitic intestinal infection caused most commonly by Necator americanus or Ancylostoma duodenale
• Infestation of the intestines by hookworms which enter the body (usually) through the skin
• Hookworm is a parasitic nematode that lives in the small intestine of its host, which may be a mammal such as a dog
• Parasitic blood-sucking roundworms having hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of human and other hosts