English Explanatory Dictionary

miner's worm

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of hookworm (“disease”).

Word forms

miner's worm

Etymology

From the fact that the disease was once notable among miners; but this association had as much to do with poverty as with direct occupational risk level.

Synonyms

hookworm

Related words

miner's cough miner's disease miner's elbow miner's lung ringworm
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on M Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary