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an·cy·lo·sto·mi·a·sis (an'si-lō-stō-mī'ă-sis, an'ki-), Hookworm disease caused by Ancylostoma duodenale and characterized by eosinophilia, anemia, emaciation, dyspepsia, and, in children with severe chronic infections, swelling of the abdomen with mental and physical maldevelopment. Synonym(s): ankylostomiasis, intertropical hyphemia, tropic hyphemia, miner's disease, tunnel disease, uncinariasisminer's disease (1) Ancylostomiasis. (2) Coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, see there. (3) Miners’ nystagmus, see there. |