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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024on•cho•cer•ci•a•sis (ong′kō sər kī′ə sis),USA pronunciation n. [Pathol.]- Pathologyan 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′kō sər kō′sis).USA pronunciation Also called river blindness. - Greek, adjective, adjectival derivative of kérkos tail) + -iasis
- Greek ónk(os) barb + -o- -o-) + -cerca feminine of -cercus -tailed
- Neo-Latin Onchocerc(a) a genus of filarioid worms (oncho- (correctly onco-
- 1910–15
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