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onchocerchiasis

onchocerchiasis is the alternative form of onchocerciasis.

Meaning of onchocerciasis

Noun

onchocerciasis (countable and uncountable, plural onchocerciases)

  1. A disease caused by a worm of the genus Onchocerca, especially as transmitted to humans by flies and often causing blindness; common in tropical Africa.

Questions about onchocerchiasis

What is onchocerchiasis the alternative form of?
Onchocerchiasis is the alternative form of onchocerciasis.

Words near onchocerchiasis in the dictionary

  1. onchidiids
  2. ONCHIT
  3. onchobothriid
  4. onchobothriids
  5. onchocercal
  6. onchocerchiasis
  7. onchocerciases
  8. onchocerciasis
  9. onchocercid
  10. onchocercids
  11. onchocercoma

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