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| on·cho·cer·ci·a·sis [ òngkō sur k əssiss ] |
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| Definition: |
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disease caused by parasitic worms: a disease caused by infestation with worms, especially a tropical disease of humans caused by a parasitic worm and transmitted by blackflies, causing skin nodules, lesions, and blindness
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| [Early 20th century. < modern Latin Onchocerca, genus of worms < Greek ogkos "barb" + kerkos "tail," from their shape] |
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