onchocercosisn.
/ˌɒŋkə(ʊ)səːˈkəʊsɪs/, U.S. /ˈˌɑŋkoʊsərˈkoʊsəs/ Medicine.
= onchocerciasis n.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of bowels or intestines > [noun] > infestation by parasites
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
1918 P. Luna in Amer. Jrnl. Ophthalmol. 1 122/2 The visual disturbances which I have met with among the carriers of this filaria..and which I shall call onchocercosis.
1931 Amer. Jrnl. Ophthalmol. 14 518 (heading) Onchocercosis in Mexico.
1972 Biol. Abstr. 54 5491/1 In none of these cases was the infestation localized to the orbital cavity as in other filarial infections (Loa-loa, onchocercosis).
1996 Population: Eng. Select. 8 113 There were only two major health interventions in Bandafassi during the period 1981–92: an onchocercosis programme launched in 1986 and the EPi in 1987.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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