ONCHOCERCIASIS


Meaning of ONCHOCERCIASIS in English

[on.cho.cer.ci.a.sis] n, pl -a.ses [NL, fr. Onchocerca, genus of worms] (1911): infestation with or disease caused by filarial worms (genus Onchocerca); esp: a human disease caused by a worm (O. volvulus) that is native to Africa but now present in parts of tropical America and is transmitted by several blackflies

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