ancylostomiasis

/ ˌænsɪˌlɒstəˈmaɪəsɪs /

noun

1. infestation of the human intestine with blood-sucking hookworms, causing progressive anaemia Also calledhookworm disease

Word History and Origins

Origin of ancylostomiasis¹

from New Latin, from Ancylostoma genus of hookworms, from Greek ankulos hooked, crooked + stoma mouth

Example Sentences

Two common hookworm infections in humans are ancylostomiasis and necatoriasis, caused by the species Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus respectively.

From Slate

“Back from the Pacific come a thousand-odd Americans with schistosomiasis, and a few times that many with filariasis,” and many more, by far, with ancylostomiasis, or hookworm, he said.

From The New Yorker

“Back from the Pacific come a thousand-odd Americans with schistosomiasis, and a few times that many with filariasis,” and many more, by far, with ancylostomiasis, or hookworm, he said.

From The New Yorker