(ˌænsɪˌlɒstəˈmaɪəsɪs), ankylostomiasis or anchylostomiasis
noun
infestation of the human intestine with blood-sucking hookworms, causing progressive anaemia
Also called: hookworm disease
Word origin
from New Latin, from Ancylostoma genus of hookworms, from Greek ankulos hooked, crooked + stoma mouth
Examples of 'anchylostomiasis' in a sentence
anchylostomiasis
Hematic regeneration takes place in anchylostomiasis only after the administration of iron in variable doses, in conformity the salt employed.
W. O. Cruz 1934, 'Pathogenia da anemia na Ancylostomose: II - causas determinantes dos phenomenos regenerativose degenerativos nessa anemia e contribuições para elucidar o seu mechanismo intimoPathogenesis of Anaemia in Hookworm Disease: II - causes wich determine the regenerativeand degenerative phenomena in this anaemia and contributions towards the elucidationof their inmost mechanism', Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761934000600003. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)