ANKYLOSTOMIASIS

add. ·noun a disease due to the presence of the parasites agchylostoma duodenale, uncinaria (subgenus necator) americana, or allied nematodes, in the small intestine. when present in large numbers they produce a severe anaemia by sucking the blood from the intestinal walls. called also miner's anaemia, tunnel disease, brickmaker's anaemia, egyptian chlorosis.