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ancylostomiasis
/ 藢忙苍蝉瑟藢濒蓲蝉迟蓹藞尘补瑟蓹蝉瑟蝉 /
noun
- infestation of the human intestine with blood-sucking hookworms, causing progressive anaemia Also calledhookworm disease
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of ancylostomiasis1
from New Latin, from Ancylostoma genus of hookworms, from Greek ankulos hooked, crooked + stoma mouth
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Two common hookworm infections in humans are ancylostomiasis and necatoriasis, caused by the species Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus respectively.
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