Meanings
nounancylostomiasis (countable and uncountable, plural ancylostomiases)
plural ancylostomiases · alternative anchylostomiasis · alternative ankylostomiasis
- countableuncountableInfection by the hookworm Ancylostoma.
Synonyms: Egyptian chlorosis, tunnel disease
Synonyms & antonyms
nounInfection by the hookworm Ancylostoma.
Origin
From Translingual Ancylostoma + English -iasis.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Greek αγκυλοστομίαση
- αγκυλοστομίαση (agkylostomíasi)infection by the hookworm Ancylostoma
Indonesian ankilostomiasis
- ankilostomiasisinfection by the hookworm Ancylostoma
Portuguese ancilostomíase, ancilostomose
- ancilostomíaseinfection by the hookworm Ancylostoma
- ancilostomoseinfection by the hookworm Ancylostoma
- amarelãoinfection by the hookworm Ancylostoma
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with ancylostomiasis
dioceseleishmaniasisfilariasisascariasisstrongyloidiasisamoebiasisangiostrongyliasisanisakiasisbaylisascariasiscapillariasisenterobiasis-iasisloiasisnecatoriasisnematodiasistoxocariasistrichinelliasistrichuriasiswuchereriasis
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
ancylostomiasis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ancylostomiasis
MLA
“ancylostomiasis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ancylostomiasis. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ancylostomiasis,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ancylostomiasis.
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