Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The aggregate of symptoms, the most marked of which is anemia, due to the presence in the intestine of the uncinaria or hookworm. Also called
ancylostomiasis (which see), dochmiasis, hookworm disease, miners’ anemia, St. Gotthard disease, tunnel anemia, etc.
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The negro race seems to be more susceptible to certain diseases, such as tuberculosis and smallpox, less so to others, as yellow fever, malaria and uncinariasis.
Disease and Its Causes William Thomas Councilman
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In this course will be considered diphtheria, small-pox, the insect carriers of disease, typhoid fever, tuberculosis, and uncinariasis.
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- Trastornos gastrointestinales: diarrea, esteatorrea, etc. - Procedencia geográfica: zonas de parasitosis endémicas (uncinariasis).
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