Taber's Medical Dictionary
Ancylostoma
(ang″kĭ-los′tŏ-mă, an″sĭ-)
[Gr. ankylos, crooked + stoma, mouth]
A genus of nematodes of the family Ancylostomatidae whose members are intestinal parasites and include the hookworms.
SYN: SEE: Ankylostoma
Ancylostoma braziliense
A species of hookworm that infests dogs and cats and may cause cutaneous larva migrans in humans.
SEE: larva migrans, cutaneous
Ancylostoma caninum
A species of hookworm that infests dogs and cats and may cause cutaneous larva migrans in humans.
SEE: larva migrans, cutaneous
Ancylostoma duodenale
A species of hookworm widely found in the Caribbean, South America, Africa, and Asia that causes ancylostomiasis in humans.
SEE: Necator americanus
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Ancylostoma." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/742143/all/Ancylostoma.
Ancylostoma. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/742143/all/Ancylostoma. Accessed November 5, 2024.
Ancylostoma. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/742143/all/Ancylostoma
Ancylostoma [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 November 05]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/742143/all/Ancylostoma.
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