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Hookworm has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

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

2

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

3

Any of various parasitic bloodsucking roundworms which cause disease, especially the species Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus, having hooked mouthparts and entering their hosts by boring through the skin.

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nematode helminthiasis
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