uncinariasis
/ˌʌnsɪnəˈrʌɪəsɪs
/noun
Another term for ancylostomiasis.The epidemiology, life cycle, pathophysiology and treatment of uncinariasis are reviewed....
- The treatment of uncinariasis is now made efficient by two drugs; thymol is given in doses of thirty grains repeated in two hours.
- As De Leon and Maldonado state in their excellent treatise on the subject: ‘All of these data point to man as the primary factor in the epidemiology of uncinariasis.’
Origin
Early 20th century: from modern Latin Uncinaria (the name of a genus of hookworms) + -iasis.