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Definition: tunnel disease
Ankylostomiasis 
\An`ky*los*to*mi"a*sis\, n. [NL., fr.
Ankylostoma, var. of Agchylostoma, generic name of one genus
of the parasitic nematodes.] (Med.)
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 an[ae]mia by sucking the
blood from the intestinal walls. Called also 
miner's an[ae]mia
, 
tunnel disease, 
brickmaker's an[ae]mia,
Egyptian chlorosis.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
 
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