disease
Ancylostoma
also: ankylostoma
a genus of small parasitic nematodes (see HOOKWORM ) that inhabit the small intestine and are widely distributed in Europe, America, Asia, and Africa. The worms suck blood from the gut wall, to which they are attached by means of cutting teeth. Humans are the principal and optimum hosts for A. duodenale.
Source: mediLexicon corpus · slug
ancylostoma