ancylostomiasis

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an·cy·lo·sto·mi·a·sis | \ ˌaŋ-ki-ˌlō-stə-ˈmī-ə-səs

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, ˌan(t)-sə- \

variants: or less commonly ankylostomiasis \ ˌaŋ-ki-ˌlō-stə-ˈmī-ə-səs

plural ancylostomiases\ ˌaŋ-ki-ˌlō-stə-ˈmī-ə-ˌsēz

, ˌan(t)-sə- \

Definition of ancylostomiasis

: hookworm sense 2

History and Etymology for ancylostomiasis

New Latin Ancylostoma, a hookworm genus (earlier Agchylostoma, from Greek ankýlos "bent, crooked, curved" + -o- -o- + stóma "mouth") + -iasis — more at angle entry 3,stomach entry 1

Note: The genus name Ancylostoma was introduced by the Italian physician Angelo Dubini (1813-1902) in "Nuovo verme intestinale umano (Agchylostoma duodenale), costituente un sesto genere dei Nematoidei proprii dell'uomo," Annali universali de medicina (Milano), vol. 106 (aprile, maggio e giugno 1843), pp. 5-13.

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ancylostomiasis

noun

an·cy·lo·sto·mi·a·sis | \ ˌaŋ-ki-lō-stə-ˈmī-ə-səs

, ˌan(t)-sə-

variants: or ankylostomiasis \ -ki-lō- \ also anchylostomiasis \ -ki-lō- \

plural ancylostomiases\ -ˌsēz

Medical Definition of ancylostomiasis

: infestation with or disease caused by hookworms especially : a lethargic anemic state due to blood loss through the feeding of hookworms in the small intestine

— called also hookworm disease