an·cy·lo·sto·mi·a·sis ( n s -l -st-m  -s s, ngk-l-)n. A disease caused by hookworm infestation and marked by progressive anemia. Also called hookworm disease, tunnel disease. [New Latin Ancylostoma, hookworm genus (Greek ankulos, curved + Greek stoma, mouth) + -iasis.] |
ancylostomiasis [ˌænsɪˌlɒstəˈmaɪəsɪs], ankylostomiasis, anchylostomiasis
n
(Medicine / Pathology) infestation of the human intestine with blood-sucking hookworms, causing progressive anaemia Also called hookworm disease
[from New Latin, from Ancylostoma genus of hookworms, from Greek ankulos hooked, crooked + stoma mouth]
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