ancilostomíase
Portuguese, noun/ɐ̃.si.los.toˈmi.a.zi/
ancilostomíase is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “ancylostomiasis (hookworm infection)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “doença parasitária intestinal caracterizada por grave anemia produzida no homem e em vários mamíferos por…”.
What does ancilostomíase mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineancylostomiasis (hookworm infection)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. doença parasitária intestinal caracterizada por grave anemia produzida no homem e em vários mamíferos por vermes nematódeos das espécies Ancylostoma duodenale ou Necator americanus conhecida popularmente como amarelão; anteriormente denominada hipoemia intertropical e cansaço
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce ancilostomíase?
- Brazil /ɐ̃.si.los.toˈmi.a.zi/
- /ɐ̃.si.loʃ.toˈmi.a.zi/
- Portugal /ɐ̃.si.luʃ.tuˈmi.ɐ.zɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ancilostomíase in Portuguese?
ancilostomíase appears about once in every 63 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).