onchocerciasis

发音

/ɒŋkəsɜːˈkaɪəsɪs/

词形变化

onchocerciases 复数 onchocerciases

别名

onchocerchiasis

释义与例句

n.
  1. 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.

    可数 不可数 医学

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

river blindness

上位词 1

infestation

词源

From New Latin Onchocerca (a genus of parasitic worms), from Ancient Greek ὄγκος (ónkos, “barb”) + κέρκος (kérkos, “tail”) + -iasis.

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