onchocerciasis
pronunciation
How to pronounce onchocerciasis in British English:
UK [ˌɒŋkəʊsɜ:'saɪəsɪs]
How to pronounce onchocerciasis in American English:
US [ˌɒŋkoʊsɜ'saɪəsɪs]
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- Noun:
- infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
Word Origin
Example
- 1. Onchocerciasis is an endemic discase in west africa and central america .
- 2. Lecture 16 : community participation in onchocerciasis : a case study .
- 3. But it also kills several tropical parasites , including the mosquito-borne ones that cause lymphatic filariasis-a disease also called elephantiasis for the horribly swollen limbs suffered by patients-and those carried by black flies that cause onchocerciasis , or river blindness .
- 4. By the year 2000 , to effectively control onchocerciasis ( river blindness ) and leprosy .
- 5. Monkeypox , onchocerciasis and african trypanosomiasis are endemic in the region , and epidemic-prone diseases include measles and meningitis .