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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.]