ANKYLOSTOMIASIS, ANKYLOSTOMO-ANÆMTA

(Lat.),. A?n?(a%n?)-ki7I(ku®l)-o-sto-mi?-a(a?)'si?s, -02s”’to2m-o-a2n(a%n)-?)-mi*-a®. Gen., ankylostomia's eos (-sis), ankylostomo-an- œm'iæ. For deriv., see ÄNKYLOSTOMA, Fr., ankylostomasie. Ger., Ankylostomiasie. It., an chi los tomo anemia. Miners’ anæmia; a disease observed in miners and workers in tunnels, due to the presence of a parasite termed Ankylostoma duodenale. The area of the apex beat of the heart is enlarged, extending to the left and downward to the sixth intercostal space; the area of cardiac duilne is increased laterally; and there are various murmurs, the first pulmonic sound being generally heightened and the second aortic sound softened or normal. Drop 1 phenomena are seen in severe cases. The blood is notably deficient in white corpuscles. The disease may prove fatal even after the destruction of the parasite. [M. Seligsohn (A, 319); G. Joseph, f A. Lutz's ‘* Ueber Ankylostoma duodenale und Ankylostomiasi “Dtsch. Med.-Ztg.,”” Sept. 20, 1886, p. 833.) Cf. Miners’ anaimta and Docxnivs duodenal is.