Ancylostomiasis

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A disease caused by hookworm infestation and marked by progressive anemia. Also called hookworm disease, tunnel disease.
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  • n. Infection by the hookworm Ancylostoma.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A disease characterized chiefly by a profound anemia, sometimes associated with dirt-eating as cause or effect, due to the presence of one of several species of blood-sucking intestinal parasites of the genus Ancylostoma. Also called dochmiasis, uncinariasis, tunnel-disease, brickmakers' or miners' anemia, and Egyptian chlorosis.
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