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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary:

Ne·ca·tor

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(nĭ-kā'tər)
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A genus of nematode hookworms that includes certain intestinal parasites.

Saunders Veterinary Dictionary:

Necator

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A genus of hookworm in the subfamily Necatorinae.

  • N. americanus — the common hookworm of humans, found also in pigs and dogs.
  • N. suillus — see N. americanus (above), found in pigs.
Mosby's Dental Dictionary:

Necator

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A genus of nematode hookworms.

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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Read more
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Saunders Veterinary Dictionary Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary 3rd Edition. Copyright © 2007 by D.C. Blood, V.P. Studdert and C.C. Gay, Elsevier. All rights reserved. Read more
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Mosby's Dental Dictionary Mosby's Dental Dictionary. Copyright © 2004 by Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved. Read more

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