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volvulosis

volvulosis noun: onchocerciasis.

Noun

volvulosis (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Onchocerciasis.

Origin of volvulosis

From Latin (Onchocerca) volvulus + -osis.

Questions about volvulosis

What does volvulosis mean?
Volvulosis means onchocerciasis.
What part of speech is volvulosis?
Volvulosis is a noun.

Words near volvulosis in the dictionary

  1. volvuli
  2. volvulize
  3. volvulized
  4. volvulizes
  5. volvulizing
  6. volvulosis
  7. volvulus
  8. volvuluses
  9. volyer
  10. volyers
  11. Volyn

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