tunnel disease

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tunnel disease

–noun Pathology.

1.	aeroembolism (def. 2).

2.	hookworm (def. 2).

Origin:
1885–90

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an·cy·lo·sto·mi·a·sis (ān'sə-lō-stō-mī'ə-sĭs, āng'kə-lō-)

n. A disease caused by hookworm infestation and marked by progressive anemia. Also called hookworm disease, tunnel disease.

[New Latin Ancylostoma, hookworm genus (Greek ankulos, curved + Greek stoma, mouth) + -iasis.]

tunnel disease
n. See ancylostomiasis.

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tunnel disease n.
See ancylostomiasis.

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