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lo⋅a⋅i⋅a⋅sis

  [loh-uh-ahy-uh-sis]
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lo⋅i⋅a⋅sis

  [loh-ahy-uh-sis]
–noun Pathology.
infestation with the parasitic eye worm, Loa loa, of the subcutaneous tissues and orbit: endemic in West Africa.
Also, loaiasis.

Origin:
1910–15; < NL, equiv. to Lo(a) a worm genus + -iasis -iasis
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Main Entry: lo·a·i·a·sis
Pronunciation: "lO-&-'I-&-s&s
Variant: or lo·i·a·sis /"lO-'I-/
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural lo·a·i·a·ses /-"sEz/
: infestation with or disease caused by an eye worm of thegenus Loa (L. loa) that migrates through the subcutaneous tissue and across the cornea of the eye —compare CALABAR SWELLING

Main Entry: loiasis
variant of LOAIASIS
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loiasis lo·i·a·sis (lō-ī'ə-sĭs)
n.
A chronic disease caused by infestation of the subcutaneous connective tissue of the body with the worm Loa loa and characterized by hyperemia, exudation of fluid, and a creeping sensation in the tissues with intense itching.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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