hookworm   (TTS Sound)

The hookworm has 2 Senses.

• hookworm
• 鈎虫, 十二指腸虫, 鉤虫
• parasitic bloodsucking roundworms having hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of human and other hosts
• 人間や他の宿主の腸壁にしっかりへばりつくための鉤状の口部を持つ吸血寄生回虫

• hookworm disease, hookworm
• 鈎虫症
• infestation of the intestines by hookworms which enter the body (usually) through the skin
• 皮膚を通じて体に（通常）侵入する十二指腸虫による腸への蔓延