| 释义 |
onchocerciasis Path.|ˌɒŋkəʊsɜːˈsaɪəsɪs, -sɜːˈkaɪəsɪs|
Also onco-.
[f. mod.L. Onchocerca (f. Gr. ὄγκος barb + κέρκος tail), name of a genus of parasitic filarioid worms + -iasis.]
Infestation with or a disease caused by filarioid worms of the genus Onchocerca; in man spec. that caused by O. volvulus and transmitted by biting flies of the genus Simulium, common in tropical Africa and parts of Central America and marked by characteristic lesions of subcutaneous tissue and the eyes, often with blindness.
1911R. T. Leiper in Rep. Local Govt. Board on Public Health & Med. Subjects (Ministry of Health) No. 45. 6 The condition here termed Onchocerciasis is met with in frozen beef imported from Australia. 1911Stedman Med. Dict. 604/2 Oncocerciasis, infestation of the ox with a species of Oncocerca. 1912Jrnl. Trop. Med. & Hygiene XV. 232/1 (heading) Some notes and suggestions in connection with the etiology of bovine onchocerciasis. 1934R. P. Strong et al. Onchocerciasis i. iv. 19 The limitation of the centers of onchocerciasis in Guatemala to certain zones of territory.. is very striking. 1967A. W. Jones Introd. Parasitol. xiv. 184 In onchocerciasis of horses (and rarely of cattle), adult Onchocerca live in the tendons and ligaments of the back and neck region. 1971Nature 21 May 151/3 In tropical and sub-tropical man-made lakes..explosive outgrowths of water weeds after filling had led to a very significant increase in the incidence of diseases carried by insects, such as malaria and oncocerciasis. 1974Daily Tel. 9 Sept. 3/8 With him was..a tropical eye disease expert from Swindon, who during the journey is to lead an investigation into onchocerciasis, a strange river blindness endemic in Central Africa. 1975Hansard Lords 27 June 1706 To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the reason for the delay in presenting to Parliament the Onchocerciasis Fund Agreement 1974... Baroness Gaitskell: May I ask my noble friend to pronounce the name of the Fund? Lord Goronwy-Roberts: As if it were spelled ‘Onkoserkiasis’. |