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Ankylostomiasis
- - A disease caused by the hookworm parasites of the genus Ancylostoma (especially Ancylostoma duodenale), and Necator americanus. Typically, infection in humans occurs in the small intestine. In the small intestine they suck the blood from the wall and, when present in large numbers, produce a severe anaemia. Called also miner's anaemia, tunnel disease, brickmaker's anaemia, Egyptian chlorosis.
Anne Bradstreet
- noun - poet in colonial America (born in England) (1612-1672)
Anne Hutchinson
- noun - American colonist (born in England) who was banished from Boston for her religious views (1591-1643)
Annihilationist
- - One who believes that eternal punishment consists in annihilation or extinction of being; a destructionist.
Annona Muricata
- noun - small tropical American tree bearing large succulent slightly acid fruit
Annona Squamosa
- noun - tropical American tree bearing sweet pulpy fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds
Annual Parallax
- noun - the parallax of a celestial body using two points in the earth''s orbit around the sun as the baseline
- the parallax of a celestial body using two points in the earth's orbit around the sun as the baseline
Annular Eclipse
- noun - only a thin outer disk of the sun can be seen
Annular Scotoma
- noun - a circular scotoma surrounding the center of the field of vision