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on⋅cho⋅cer⋅ci⋅a⋅sis

  [ong-koh-ser-kahy-uh-sis]
–noun Pathology.
an infestation with filarial worms of the genus Onchocerca, common in tropical America and Africa, transmitted by black flies, and characterized by nodules under the skin, an itchy rash, eye lesions, and in severe cases, elephantiasis.
Also, on⋅cho⋅cer⋅co⋅sis  [ong-koh-ser-koh-sis] .
Also called river blindness.

Origin:
1910–15; < NL Onchocerc(a) a genus of filarioid worms (oncho- (correctly onco- < Gk ónk(os) barb + -o- -o- ) + -cerca fem. of -cercus -tailed < Gk, adj. deriv. of kérkos tail) + -iasis
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Main Entry: on·cho·cer·ci·a·sis
Pronunciation: "ä[ng]-kO-"s&r-'kI-&-s&s
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural on·cho·cer·ci·a·ses /-"sEz/
: infestation with or disease caused by filarial worms of the genus Onchocerca;especially : a human disease caused by a worm (O. volvulus) that is native to Africa but is now present in parts of tropical America and is transmitted by several blackfliescalled also onchocercosis, river blindness; —see CRAW-CRAW

Main Entry: riv·er blindness
Pronunciation: 'riv-&r-
Function: noun
: ONCHOCERCIASIS
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onchocerciasis on·cho·cer·ci·a·sis (ŏng'kō-sər-kī'ə-sĭs) or on·cho·cer·co·sis (-sər-kō'sĭs)
n.
A disease occurring in tropical Africa and Central America, transmitted by black flies and caused by infestation with filariform nematodes of the genus Onchocerca, especially O. volvulus, and characterized by nodular swellings on the skin and lesions of the eyes. Also called river blindness, volvulosis.

river blindness riv·er blindness (rĭv'ər)
n.
See onchocerciasis.

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