ANCYLOSTOMIASIS

Etymology

Noun

ancylostomiasis (countable and uncountable, plural ancylostomiases)

Infection by the hookworm Ancylostoma.

Synonyms

• (infection by Ancylostoma): brickmaker's anaemia, Egyptian chlorosis, miner's anaemia, tunnel disease

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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