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uncinariasis
1. Infestation of the intestines with hookworms.
2. Ancylostomiasis or a hookworm disease caused by Ancylostoma duodenale and characterized by eosinophilia (an abnormally high number of eosinophils, or white blood cells, in the blood), anemia, emaciation, dyspepsia, and, in children with severe chronic infections, swelling of the abdomen with mental and physical maldevelopment.
2. Ancylostomiasis or a hookworm disease caused by Ancylostoma duodenale and characterized by eosinophilia (an abnormally high number of eosinophils, or white blood cells, in the blood), anemia, emaciation, dyspepsia, and, in children with severe chronic infections, swelling of the abdomen with mental and physical maldevelopment.
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unci-, unc-, uncin- +
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