/ləʊˈeɪsɪs/, loiasis /ləʊˈaɪəsɪs/.loaiasisn.
/ləʊəˈʌɪəsɪs//ləʊˈeɪsɪs/, loiasis /ləʊˈaɪəsɪs/. Pathology.
Infection with, or disease caused by, loas.
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wormc1000
vermes1728
invermination1808
helminthiasis1811
vermination1818
rishta1834
trichinosis1866
trichiniasis1867
filariasis1879
strongylosis1883
ankylostomiasis1887
tunnel-disease1887
ascariasis1888
taeniasis1896
hook-worm disease1902
Strongyloides1902
uncinariasis1902
tunnel-sickness1903
amœbiasis1905
redwater1906
schistosomiasis1906
paragonimiasis1907
strongyloidiasis1907
strongyloidosis1907
trichinelliasis1907
loaiasis1913
onchocercosis1918
trichuriasis1921
loa loa1923
hydatidosis1925
sparganosis1928
trichinellosis1958
1913 A. Castellani & A. J. Chalmers Man. Trop. Med. (ed. 2) lx. 1442 (heading) Loasis.
1919 A. Castellani & A. J. Chalmers Man. Trop. Med. (ed. 3) lxxxviii. 1972 Löiasis is a subcutaneous and subconjunctival filariasis caused by Loa loa.
1923 E. A. Neatby & T. M. Neatby Man. Trop. Dis. & Hygiene 382 The species responsible for the filariases and loasis.
1956 Nature 25 Feb. 367/1 Studies on loiasis in the Cameroons and Nigeria.
1961 Lancet 5 Aug. 323/2 In 1948 Gordon started an investigation of the African filarial infection, loaiasis.
1963 T. J. Brooks Essent. Med. Parasitol. iii. 259 Loaiasis, or eye worm infection.
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